Jeremiah 44:26–30

²⁶“¹Nevertheless hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, ‘Behold, I have ^asworn by My great name,’ says the Lord, ‘^bnever shall My name be invoked again by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “^cAs the Lord ²God lives.”

²⁷‘Behold, I am watching over them ^afor harm and not for good, and ^ball the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will ¹meet their end by the sword and by famine until they ²are completely gone.

²⁸‘^aThose who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah ^1bfew in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know ^cwhose word will stand, Mine or theirs.

²⁹‘This will be the ^asign to you,’ declares the Lord, ‘that I am going to punish you in this place, so that you may know that ^bMy words will surely stand against you for harm.’

³⁰“Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am going to give over ^aPharaoh Hophra king of Egypt to the hand of his enemies, to the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave over ^bZedekiah king of Judah to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his life.’ ”