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 44:12
Context44:12 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
Jeremiah 49:2
Context49:2 Because you did that,
I, the Lord, affirm that 10 a time is coming
when I will make Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon,
hear the sound of the battle cry.
It will become a mound covered with ruins. 11
Its villages will be burned to the ground. 12
Then Israel will take back its land
from those who took their land from them.
I, the Lord, affirm it! 13
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.
10 tn Heb “oracle of the
11 tn Heb “a desolate tel.” For the explanation of what a “tel” is see the study note on 30:18.
12 tn Heb “Its daughters will be burned with fire.” For the use of the word “daughters” to refer to the villages surrounding a larger city see BDB 123 s.v. I בַּת 4 and compare the usage in Judg 1:27.
13 tn Heb “says the
