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:
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;
- BSB I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Jer 11:22Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
- Jer 44:27–28Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
- Jer 43:11And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.
- Jer 42:18For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
- Jer 24:10And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
- Jer 21:9He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
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