Jeremiah 44:26–30

²⁶“Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, all you Judeans who live in the land of Egypt: ‘I have sworn by My great name, ^rsays Yahweh, that My name will never again be invoked by anyone of Judah in all the land of Egypt, ^ssaying, “As the Lord God lives.” ²⁷I am watching over them for disaster and not for good, ^tand every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine until they are finished off. ²⁸Those who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah only few in number, ^uand the whole remnant of Judah, the ones going to the land of Egypt to live there for a while, will know whose word stands, Mine or theirs! ²⁹This will be a sign to you’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘that I am about to punish you in this place, so you may know that My words of disaster concerning you will certainly come to pass. ^v30This is what the Lord says: I am about to hand over Pharaoh Hophra, ^wEgypt’s king, to his enemies, to those who want to take his life, just as I handed over Judah’s King Zedekiah ^xto Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar, who was his enemy, the one who wanted to take his life.’ ”