²⁷ Behold, I will watch over them for adversity and not for good. And all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt ^(A)shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end to them.

²⁸ And it shall come to pass, that as I have ^(A)watched over them ^(B)to pluck up, to break down, to throw down, to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them ^(C)to build and to plant, says the Lord.

¹⁴ So I will forsake the ^(A)remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become victims of plunder to all their enemies,

¹⁸ But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.”

¹² And I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to dwell there, and ^(A)they shall all be consumed and fall in the land of Egypt. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine. They shall die, from the least to the greatest, by the sword and by famine; and ^(B)they shall be an oath, an astonishment, a curse and a reproach!

¹⁰ For I have ^(A)set My face against this city for adversity and not for good,” says the Lord. ^(B)“It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall ^(C)burn it with fire.” ’