Jeremiah 42:15–19

¹⁵then ¹in that case listen to the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “If you really set your ²mind to enter ^aEgypt and go in to reside there,

¹⁶then the ^asword, which you are afraid of, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are anxious, will follow closely after you there in Egypt, and you will die there.

¹⁷“So all the men who set their ¹mind to go to Egypt to reside there will die by the ^asword, by famine and by pestilence; and they will ^bhave no survivors or refugees from the calamity that I am going to bring on them.” ’ ”

¹⁸For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “As My ^aanger and wrath have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And you will become a ^bcurse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach; and ^cyou will see this place no more.”

¹⁹The Lord has spoken to you, O remnant of Judah, “Do not ^ago into Egypt!” You should clearly ^bunderstand that today I have ^ctestified against you.