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,
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:
- BSB I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
- 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 Yahweh of Armies says, ‘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 watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until they are all gone.
- Jer 43:11He will come, and will strike the land of Egypt; such as are for death shall be put to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for the sword to the sword.
- Jer 42:18For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and my wrath has been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured out on you, when you shall enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.’
- Jer 24:10I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, until they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.’”
- Jer 21:9He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and he will escape with his life.
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