I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
Parallel translations
- WEB For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
- KJV For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
- NKJV For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence,
- NASB And I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with plague.
- NLT I will punish them in Egypt just as I punished them in Jerusalem, by war, famine, and disease.
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Quick answer
God will punish those in Egypt with sword, famine, and pestilence, just as He punished Jerusalem. The same judgments follow the same sins.
Overview
The Lord declares that Egypt will be no safer than Jerusalem, applying the identical instruments of judgment to the unrepentant. This consistency reveals that God's justice is not bound by geography. The certainty that sin reaps judgment wherever it is found heightens the urgency of the gospel call to flee to Christ, who alone delivers from the wrath to come.
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Cross-references · 6
- Jer 11:22So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
- Jer 44:27–28I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
- Jer 43:11He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.
- Jer 42:18For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
- Jer 24:10And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”
- Jer 21:9Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
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