Discovery BoxJeremiah 42:18 
Context42:18 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 25:20
Context25:20 the foreigners living in Egypt; 6 all the kings of the land of Uz; 7 all the kings of the land of the Philistines, 8 the people of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, the people who had been left alive from Ashdod; 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 The meaning of this term and its connection with the preceding is somewhat uncertain. This word is used of the mixture of foreign people who accompanied Israel out of Egypt (Exod 12:38) and of the foreigners that the Israelites were to separate out of their midst in the time of Nehemiah (Neh 13:3). Most commentators interpret it here of the foreign people who were living in Egypt. (See BDB 786 s.v. I עֶרֶב and KBL 733 s.v. II עֶרֶב.)
7 sn The land of Uz was Job’s homeland (Job 1:1). The exact location is unknown but its position here between Egypt and the Philistine cities suggests it is south of Judah, probably in the Arabian peninsula. Lam 4:21 suggests that it was near Edom.
8 sn See further Jer 47:1-7 for the judgment against the Philistines. The Philistine cities were west of Judah.
9 sn The Greek historian Herodotus reports that Ashdod had been destroyed under the Pharaoh who preceded Necho, Psammetichus.
