Jeremiah 44:14
in Jeremiah 44so 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.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
so that none of the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn 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 none shall return save such as shall 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.
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This verse in Jeremiah 44
Commentary
6 notes on this verseWhen God inflicts the punishment, no one can save those in harm's way. Wherever they go, his wrath will follow.
This site's exposition
I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah
on Jeremiah 44:11-14
The sentence opens, “I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.” The remnant in Egypt will die by sword and famine. Verse 14 closes the way home, “for none will return except a few fugitives,” so the flight becomes the way it is lost.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
So that none of the remnant of Judah,....
The persons who thus set God and his judgments at defiance; it was not some one that was thus obstinate, but the generality of the Jews; and they were such as knew either themselves or their wives to be guilty of the idolatry Jeremiah had reproved,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Literally, “And there shall not be to the remnant of Judah, which are going to sojourn there in the land of Egypt, one that escapes or remains etc.” The word rendered “escapes” means one who slips away, saves himself by a stealthy flight Gen 14:13; the word “remains,” one who survives when all the rest perish Job 18:19. Of all those now going down to Egypt none shall return to Judaea except a few miserable fugitives, who shall steal away as men who flee in battle 2Sa 19:
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The Jews whom God sent to Babylon were there weaned from idolatry, and were restored; those who went to Egypt by their perverse will were hardened in idolatry, and perished there. have a desire--literally, "lift up (their) soul," that is, their hopes (compare Jer 22:27, Margin;
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
only fugitives Jeremiah and Baruch returned from there, for Nebuchadnezzar exiled them when the land of Egypt was delivered into his hand in the twenty-seventh year of his reign (Ezek.:17). So we learned in Seder Olam (ch. 26).
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
28 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹ֨א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִהְיֶ֜ה | yihyeh | he will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| פָּלִ֤יט | palit | an escapee | H6412 → | 24 times |
| וְשָׂרִיד֙ | vesarid | and a survivor | H8300 → | 28 times |
| לִשְׁאֵרִ֣ית | lisherit | to [the] remnant of | H7611 → | 66 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| הַבָּאִ֥ים | habaim | who went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לָגֽוּר־ | lagur- | to sojourn | H1481 → | 97 times |
| שָׁ֖ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וְלָשׁ֣וּב׀ | velashuv | and to return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֵ֜מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| מְנַשְּׂאִ֤ים | menaseim | [are] lifting up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נַפְשָׁם֙ | nafsham | desire their | H5315 → | 754 times |
| לָשׁוּב֙ | lashuv | to return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| לָשֶׁ֣בֶת | lashevet | to dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| שָׁ֔ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָשׁ֖וּבוּ | yashuvu | they will return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | except | H518 → | 1069 times |
| פְּלֵטִֽים׃ ס | peletim | fugitives | H6412 → | 24 times |
וְלֹ֨אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יִהְיֶ֜הhe will belong
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
פָּלִ֤יטan escapee
palitH6412 →24 times
וְשָׂרִיד֙and a survivor
vesaridH8300 →28 times
לִשְׁאֵרִ֣יתto [the] remnant of
lisheritH7611 →66 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
הַבָּאִ֥יםwho went
habaimH935 →2568 times
לָגֽוּר־to sojourn
lagur-H1481 →97 times
שָׁ֖םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וְלָשׁ֣וּב׀and to return
velashuvH7725 →1056 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
יְהוּדָ֗הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
אֲשֶׁר־where
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הֵ֜מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
מְנַשְּׂאִ֤ים[are] lifting up
menaseimH5375 →656 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נַפְשָׁם֙desire their
nafshamH5315 →754 times
לָשׁוּב֙to return
lashuvH7725 →1056 times
לָשֶׁ֣בֶתto dwell
lashevetH3427 →1079 times
שָׁ֔םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָשׁ֖וּבוּthey will return
yashuvuH7725 →1056 times
כִּ֥יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִם־except
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
פְּלֵטִֽים׃ סfugitives
peletimH6412 →24 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 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.
it leads to
- Isaiah 10:20–23
On 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…
- Romans 11:4–6
And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
- Isaiah 1:9
Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
- Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to…
- Isaiah 10:20–23
Through
Isaiah 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.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Zechariah 6:12
And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build…
- Zechariah 3:8
Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.
- Isaiah 27:6
In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Jeremiah 23:5
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceThe NileEgyptThe land where Joseph rose, where Israel grew into a nation in bondage, where the Passover lamb was slain and the sea opened, and…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Cyril of Alexandria, FRAGMENTS ON JEREMIAH IN CATENA; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.