Discovery BoxJeremiah 44:12 
Context44:12 I will see to it that all the Judean remnant that was determined to go 1 and live in the land of Egypt will be destroyed. Here in the land of Egypt they will fall in battle 2 or perish from starvation. People of every class 3 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. 4
Jeremiah 49:2
Context49:2 Because you did that,
I, the Lord, affirm that 5 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. 6
Its villages will be burned to the ground. 7
Then Israel will take back its land
from those who took their land from them.
I, the Lord, affirm it! 8
1 tn Heb “they set their face to go.” Compare 44:11 and 42:14 and see the translator’s note at 42:15.
2 tn Heb “fall by the sword.”
3 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.
4 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.
5 tn Heb “oracle of the
6 tn Heb “a desolate tel.” For the explanation of what a “tel” is see the study note on 30:18.
7 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.
8 tn Heb “says the
