Jeremiah 44:29
in Jeremiah 44This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
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ASV
And this shall be the sign unto you, saith Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
KJV
And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
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This verse in Jeremiah 44
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The Jews being "punished in this place" will be a sign that their view is false, and God's threat true. He calls it "a sign unto you," because God's prediction is equivalent to the event, so that they may even now take it as a sign. When fulfilled it would cease to be a sign to them: for they would be dead.
This site's exposition
This will be a sign to you
on Jeremiah 44:29-30
“I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies,” just as Zedekiah was delivered to Nebuchadnezzar. Hophra, called Apries by the Greek historians, was later overthrown by his general Amasis. The parallel tells the company that Egypt is no safer than Jerusalem.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. 6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
This shall be a sign - Signs are usually antecedent to the thing signified, but the word is taken in a larger notion in this place for that which should attend the thing signified by it.
And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place,....
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזֹאת־ | vezot- | and this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| לָכֶ֤ם | lakhem | for <the> you | ||
| הָאוֹת֙ | haot | [will be] the sign | H226 → | 80 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| פֹקֵ֥ד | foked | [am] about to visit [judgment] | H6485 → | 303 times |
| אֲנִ֛י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם | ʾaleikhem | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בַּמָּק֣וֹם | bamakom | in the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| לְמַ֙עַן֙ | lemaan | so that | H4616 → | 272 times |
| תֵּֽדְע֔וּ | tedeu | you may know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּי֩ | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| ק֨וֹם | kom | certainly <to be established> | H6965 → | 628 times |
| יָק֧וּמוּ | yakumu | they will be established | H6965 → | 628 times |
| דְבָרַ֛י | devarai | words my | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם | ʾaleikhem | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| לְרָעָֽה׃ ס | leraah | for harm | H7451 → | 662 times |
וְזֹאת־and this
vezot-H2063 →603 times
לָכֶ֤םfor <the> you
lakhem
הָאוֹת֙[will be] the sign
haotH226 →80 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
פֹקֵ֥ד[am] about to visit [judgment]
fokedH6485 →303 times
אֲנִ֛יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
עֲלֵיכֶ֖םon you
ʾaleikhemH5921 →5755 times
בַּמָּק֣וֹםin the place
bamakomH4725 →401 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
לְמַ֙עַן֙so that
lemaanH4616 →272 times
תֵּֽדְע֔וּyou may know
tedeuH3045 →945 times
כִּי֩that
kiH3588 →4482 times
ק֨וֹםcertainly <to be established>
komH6965 →628 times
יָק֧וּמוּthey will be established
yakumuH6965 →628 times
דְבָרַ֛יwords my
devaraiH1697 →1440 times
עֲלֵיכֶ֖םon you
ʾaleikhemH5921 →5755 times
לְרָעָֽה׃ סfor harm
leraahH7451 →662 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
Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
it leads to
- Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
- Isaiah 14:24
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
- Proverbs 16:1
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
- Psalms 33:10–11
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
- Isaiah 46:10
I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
- Proverbs 16:9
Through
Isaiah 40:8The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
it leads to
- Mark 13:31
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- 1 Peter 1:25
but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
- Mark 13:31
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.