Jeremiah 42:18

42:18 For 1  the Lord God of Israel who rules over all 2  says, ‘If you go to Egypt, I will pour out my wrath on you just as I poured out my anger and wrath on the citizens of Jerusalem. 3  You will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse. 4  You will never see this place again.’ 5 

Jeremiah 44:12

44:12 I will see to it that all the Judean remnant that was determined to go 6  and live in the land of Egypt will be destroyed. Here in the land of Egypt they will fall in battle 7  or perish from starvation. People of every class 8  will die in war or from starvation. They will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse. 9 

1 tn Or “Indeed.”

2 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” See the study note on 2:19 for the translation and significance of this title.

3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

4 tn See the study note on 24:9 and the usage in 29:22 for the meaning and significance of this last phrase.

5 tn Or “land.” The reference is, of course, to the land of Judah.

6 tn Heb “they set their face to go.” Compare 44:11 and 42:14 and see the translator’s note at 42:15.

7 tn Heb “fall by the sword.”

8 tn Or “All of them without distinction,” or “All of them from the least important to the most important”; Heb “From the least to the greatest.” See the translator’s note on 42:1 for the meaning of this idiom.

9 tn See the study note on 24:9 and the usage in 29:22 for the meaning and significance of this last phrase.

sn See Jer 42:18 for parallel usage.