so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”
Parallel translations
- WEB so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, shall escape or be left, to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there; for no one will return except those who will escape.’”
- KJV So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
- NKJV so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there shall escape or survive, lest they return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return and dwell. For none shall return except those who escape.’ ”
- NASB So there will be no survivor or refugee for the remnant of Judah who have entered the land of Egypt to reside there and then to return to the land of Judah, to which they are longing to return to live; for none will return except a few refugees.’ ”
- NLT Of that remnant who fled to Egypt, hoping someday to return to Judah, there will be no survivors. Even though they long to return home, only a handful will do so.”
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Quick answer
None of the remnant in Egypt will escape to return to Judah, except a few fugitives. Their longing to return home will go unfulfilled.
Overview
God declares that those who fled to Egypt, desiring eventually to return to Judah, will be cut off from that hope except for a small number who escape. Their disobedience forfeits the very homeland they cherished. The verse shows that rebellion robs sinners of God's blessings, while the gospel restores the lost inheritance to all who come home to God through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 22:26–27I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.
- Rom 9:27Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
- 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.
- Isa 10:20On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
- Jer 42:17So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’
- Isa 4:2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
- Rom 11:5–6In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
- Rom 2:3So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
- Isa 30:1–3“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
- Jer 42:22Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”
- Heb 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
- Matt 23:33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
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