Jeremiah 42:13-17

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹³ But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’^(A) so as not to obey the voice of the Lord your God, ¹⁴ and if you say, ‘No, instead we’ll go to the land of Egypt^(B) where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn^(C) or hunger for food, and we’ll live there,’ ¹⁵ then hear the word of the Lord, remnant of Judah! This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: If you are firmly resolved to go to Egypt^(D) and live there for a while, ¹⁶ then the sword^(E) you fear will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine you are worried about will follow on your heels^[a] there to Egypt, and you will die there. ¹⁷ All who resolve to go to Egypt to live there for a while will die by the sword, famine, and plague. They will have no one escape or survive from the disaster I will bring on them.’