Jeremiah 44:13

13 I will punish those who live in Egypt with the sword, famine and plague, as I punished Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 44:13 in Other Translations

13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:

13 I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence,

13 I will punish them in Egypt just as I punished them in Jerusalem, by war, famine, and disease.

13 I'll give those who are in Egypt the same medicine I gave those in Jerusalem: massacre, starvation, and disease.

13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;

13 I will punish those living in Egypt as I punished Jerusalem with wars, famines, and plagues.

13 I will punish those living in the land of Egypt just as I punished Jerusalem by sword, famine, and plague.

13 I will use war, hunger and plague to punish the Jews who live in Egypt. I punished Jerusalem in the same way.

Jeremiah 44:13 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 44:13

For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt
Or "visit"; in a way of wrath and vengeance; meaning not the native inhabitants of Egypt; though these should be punished, and in whose punishment the Jews would be involved; but here it means the Jews that dwelt in Egypt, who went thither contrary to the will of God, and there settled: as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence;
signifying that the same punishment that came upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and other cities of Judea, should come upon these Jews in Egypt, and as sure as they came upon them; even those which they thought to have escaped, by leaving Judea, and going to Egypt.

Jeremiah 44:13 In-Context

11 “Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster on you and to destroy all Judah.

12 I will take away the remnant 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, they will die by sword or famine. They will become a curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach.

13 I will punish those who live in Egypt with the sword, famine and plague, as I punished Jerusalem.

14 None of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a few fugitives.”

15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, along with all the women who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt, said to Jeremiah,

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 32:34; Leviticus 26:14-17
• 2. S Jeremiah 15:2
• 3. S Jeremiah 42:17