Jeremiah 44:28
in Jeremiah 44Those 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 stand, Mine or theirs!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
KJV
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
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This verse in Jeremiah 44
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
A band easily counted, whereas they were expecting to return triumphantly in large numbers. shall know--most of them experimentally, and to their cost. whose words . . . mine, or theirs--Hebrew, "that from Me and them." Jehovah's words are His threats of destruction to the Jews; theirs, the assertion that they expected all goods from their gods (Jer 44:17), &c.
This site's exposition
Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the Lord
on Jeremiah 44:24-28
The oath is renewed with the women addressed by name a second time, since their vows drove the defense in the verses before. Verse 26 has the Lord swear by his own great name that it will no longer be truly invoked by this company in Egypt, a bitter answer to their own vows to the queen of heaven in verse 25. Verse 28 turns the outcome into a public verdict rather than a further argument, that the small number who escape shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs, settling the dispute by what actually happens, the same test set at Deuteronomy 18:22.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
They said that they should recover themselves when they returned to worship the queen of heaven; God said they should ruin themselves; and now the event will show which was in the right. The contest between God and sinners is whose word shall stand, whose will shall be done, and who shall get the better.
The words behind it
24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּפְלִיטֵ֨י | ufelitei | and escapees of | H6412 → | 24 times |
| חֶ֜רֶב | cherev | [the] sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| יְשֻׁב֨וּן | yeshuvun | they will return ! | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| אֶ֧רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֛יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| אֶ֥רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| מְתֵ֣י | metei | men of | H4962 → | |
| מִסְפָּ֑ר | mispar | number | H4557 → | 134 times |
| וְֽיָדְע֞וּ | veyadeu | and they will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| שְׁאֵרִ֣ית | sheerit | [the] remnant of | H7611 → | 66 times |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| הַבָּאִ֤ים | habaim | who went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לְאֶֽרֶץ־ | leeretz- | to [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| לָג֣וּר | lagur | to sojourn | H1481 → | 97 times |
| שָׁ֔ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| מִ֥י | mi | whom? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| יָק֖וּם | yakum | will it be established | H6965 → | 628 times |
| מִמֶּ֥נִּי | mimeni | from me | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| וּמֵהֶֽם׃ | umehem | and from <the> them |
וּפְלִיטֵ֨יand escapees of
ufeliteiH6412 →24 times
חֶ֜רֶב[the] sword
cherevH2719 →413 times
יְשֻׁב֨וּןthey will return !
yeshuvunH7725 →1056 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
אֶ֧רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֛יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
אֶ֥רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
יְהוּדָ֖הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
מְתֵ֣יmen of
meteiH4962 →
מִסְפָּ֑רnumber
misparH4557 →134 times
וְֽיָדְע֞וּand they will know
veyadeuH3045 →945 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
שְׁאֵרִ֣ית[the] remnant of
sheeritH7611 →66 times
יְהוּדָ֗הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
הַבָּאִ֤יםwho went
habaimH935 →2568 times
לְאֶֽרֶץ־to [the] land of
leeretz-H776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙Egypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
לָג֣וּרto sojourn
lagurH1481 →97 times
שָׁ֔םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
דְּבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
מִ֥יwhom?
miH4310 →423 times
יָק֖וּםwill it be established
yakumH6965 →628 times
מִמֶּ֥נִּיfrom me
mimeniH4480 →1188 times
וּמֵהֶֽם׃and from <the> them
umehem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 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
Jeremiah 44:14so 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…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 22:26–27
I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.
- Romans 9:27
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
- Jeremiah 42:17
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.’
- Isaiah 4:2
On 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.
- Jeremiah 44:27–28
I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are…
- Jeremiah 22:26–27
Through
Isaiah 10:19The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
it leads to
- Isaiah 21:17
The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
- Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
- Isaiah 21:17
About Jeremiah

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 on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
