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Jeremiah 42:17

in Jeremiah 42

So 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.’

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

KJV

So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

This verse in Jeremiah 42

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

We will not stay in this land

on Jeremiah 42:13-18

If the remnant goes to Egypt, “the sword you fear will overtake you there.” Barnes notes sword, famine, and plague are the three judgments named throughout the book. As wrath was poured out on Jerusalem, it will be poured out on them, and they “will never see this place again.”

This site's exposition

all who resolve to go to Egypt

The sentence falls on those who resolve to go, and plague joins the sword and famine of verse 16. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown limit the word all by 44:14 and 44:28, where a small number escape. They count Jeremiah and Baruch, taken against their will, among them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

They are charged with dissimulation in their asking what God's will was in this matter and disobedience when they were told what it was; and sentence is accordingly passed upon them,

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The men that go to Egypt in contradiction to God's will, to escape the sword and famine, shall die in Egypt by sword and famine. We may apply it to the common calamities of human life; those that are impatient of them, and think to avoid them by changing their place, will find that they are deceived and that they do not at all better themselves.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

all the men--excepting the "small number" mentioned (Jer 44:14, 28); namely, those who were forced into Egypt against their will, Jeremiah, Baruch, &c., and those who took Jeremiah's advice and fled from Egypt before the arrival of the Chaldeans.

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The words behind it

26 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְיִֽהְי֣וּand they may be

    veyihyuH1961 →3559 times

  • כָל־all

    khol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָאֲנָשִׁ֗יםthe people

    haanashimH582 →566 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־who

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • שָׂ֨מוּthey have set

    samuH7760 →584 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • פְּנֵיהֶ֜םfaces their

    peneihemH6440 →2123 times

  • לָב֤וֹאto go

    lavo'H935 →2568 times

  • מִצְרַ֙יִם֙Egypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • לָג֣וּרto sojourn

    lagurH1481 →97 times

  • שָׁ֔םthere

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • יָמ֕וּתוּthey will die

    yamutuH4191 →839 times

  • בַּחֶ֖רֶבby the sword

    bacherevH2719 →413 times

  • בָּרָעָ֣בby <the> famine

    baraavH7458 →101 times

  • וּבַדָּ֑בֶרand by <the> pestilence

    uvadaverH1698 →49 times

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יִהְיֶ֤הhe will belong

    yihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • לָהֶם֙to <the> them

    lahem

  • שָׂרִ֣ידa survivor

    saridH8300 →28 times

  • וּפָלִ֔יטand an escapee

    ufalitH6412 →24 times

  • מִפְּנֵי֙from before

    mipeneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הָֽרָעָ֔הthe calamity

    haraahH7451 →662 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אֲנִ֖יI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • מֵבִ֥יא[will] bring

    mevi'H935 →2568 times

  • עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ סon them

    ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Jeremiah 44:28

    Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 44:14

      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…

    • Isaiah 10:19

      The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.

    • Isaiah 27:12–13

      In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.

    • Jeremiah 44:25–26

      This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 42:22

    Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”

    it leads to

    • Hosea 9:6

      For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

    • Ezekiel 6:11

      This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and…

    • Jeremiah 43:11

      He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 24:10

    And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 51:19

      These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.