¹² I will take away the remnant^(A) of Judah who were determined to go to Egypt to settle there. They will all perish in Egypt; they will fall by the sword or die from famine. From the least to the greatest,^(B) they will die by sword or famine.^(C) They will become a curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach.^(D)

²² So now, be sure of this: You will die by the sword, famine^(A) and plague^(B) in the place where you want to go to settle.”^(C)

¹⁵ then hear the word of the Lord,^(A) you remnant of Judah. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and you do go to settle there, ¹⁶ then the sword^(B) you fear^(C) will overtake you there, and the famine^(D) you dread will follow you into Egypt, and there you will die.^{(E) 17} Indeed, all who are determined to go to Egypt to settle there will die by the sword, famine and plague;^(F) not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.’ ¹⁸ This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and wrath^(G) have been poured out on those who lived in Jerusalem,^(H) so will my wrath be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You will be a curse^[a](I) and an object of horror,^(J) a curse^[b] and an object of reproach;^(K) you will never see this place again.’^(L)

⁷ “Now this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why bring such great disaster^(A) on yourselves by cutting off from Judah the men and women,^(B) the children and infants, and so leave yourselves without a remnant?^{(C) 8} Why arouse my anger with what your hands have made,^(D) burning incense^(E) to other gods in Egypt,^(F) where you have come to live?^(G) You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves a curse^[a] and an object of reproach^(H) among all the nations on earth.