Jeremiah 44:13
New International Version
I will punish those who live in Egypt with the sword, famine and plague, as I punished Jerusalem.

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

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

Berean Standard Bible
I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,

King James Bible
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:

New King James Version
For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence,

New American Standard Bible
And I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with plague.

NASB 1995
‘And I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine and with pestilence.

NASB 1977
‘And I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence.

Legacy Standard Bible
And I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence.

Amplified Bible
For I will punish all the inhabitants of the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with virulent disease;

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

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

American Standard Version
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;

Contemporary English Version
I punished Jerusalem with war, hunger, and disease, and that's how I will punish you.

English Revised Version
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:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will punish those living in Egypt as I punished Jerusalem with wars, famines, and plagues.

Good News Translation
I will punish those who live in Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem--with war, starvation, and disease.

International Standard Version
I'll punish those who live in the land of Egypt just as I punished Jerusalem—with the sword, with famine, and with plague.

Majority Standard Bible
I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,

NET Bible
I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt with war, starvation, and disease just as I punished Jerusalem.

New Heart English Bible
For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;

Webster's Bible Translation
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:

World English Bible
For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And I have seen after those dwelling in the land of Egypt, as I saw after Jerusalem, with sword, with famine, and with pestilence,

Young's Literal Translation
'And I have seen after those dwelling in the land of Egypt, as I saw after Jerusalem, with sword, with famine, and with pestilence,

Smith's Literal Translation
And I reviewed over those dwelling in the land of Egypt, as I reviewed over Jerusalem, by the sword, by famine and by death.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will visit them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have visited Jerusalem by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And I will visit against those who are living in the land of Egypt, just as I have visited against Jerusalem: with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence.

New American Bible
Thus I will punish those who live in Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, with sword, hunger, and disease,

New Revised Standard Version
I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And I shall condemn those dwelling in the land of Egypt as I condemned Jerusalem with the sword and with starvation and with plague
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will visit them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have visited Jerusalem, with sword and with famine:

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Judgment on the Jews in Egypt
12And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach. 13I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague, 14so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”…

Cross References
Jeremiah 42:15-18
then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there, / then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there. / So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’ ...

Jeremiah 43:10-13
Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them. / He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword. / I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed. ...

Ezekiel 5:12-17
A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them. / And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken. / I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by. ...

Ezekiel 6:11-14
This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague. / He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them. / Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols. ...

Ezekiel 14:21
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?

Isaiah 65:12
I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Isaiah 66:4
So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Lamentations 2:21-22
Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion. / You summoned my terrors on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.

Deuteronomy 28:15-68
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: / You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. ...

2 Kings 25:1-11
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. / And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. / By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. ...

2 Chronicles 36:15-20
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. / So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, ...

Matthew 24:21-22
For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. / If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

Luke 21:20-24
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ...

Revelation 6:8
Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.

Revelation 18:8
Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”


Treasury of Scripture

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:

Jeremiah 44:27,28
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them…

Jeremiah 11:22
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:

Jeremiah 21:9
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

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Jeremiah 44
1. Jeremiah expresses the desolation of Judah for their idolatry
11. He prophesies the destruction of those who commit idolatry in Egypt
15. The obstinacy of the Jews
20. For which Jeremiah threatens them
29. and for a sign prophesies the destruction of Egypt














I will punish
The phrase "I will punish" is a direct declaration from God, emphasizing His role as the righteous judge. The Hebrew root for "punish" is "פָּקַד" (paqad), which can mean to attend to, visit, or muster. In this context, it conveys the idea of God visiting the people with consequences for their actions. This reflects the consistent biblical theme that God is just and will hold people accountable for their sins, reinforcing the moral order He established.

those who live in the land of Egypt
This phrase identifies the specific group of people God is addressing—those Israelites who fled to Egypt against His command. Historically, Egypt was often seen as a place of refuge, but also a place of temptation and idolatry for the Israelites. By choosing to live in Egypt, these Israelites were disobeying God's directive to remain in the land He had given them, thus aligning themselves with a nation that had historically been an oppressor of God's people.

just as I punished Jerusalem
Here, God draws a parallel between the impending punishment of the Israelites in Egypt and the destruction that befell Jerusalem. The historical context is crucial; Jerusalem had recently suffered conquest and devastation at the hands of the Babylonians due to the people's persistent idolatry and disobedience. This serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of turning away from God, highlighting His consistency in dealing with sin.

by sword and famine and plague
These three forms of judgment—sword, famine, and plague—are frequently mentioned in the Bible as instruments of divine retribution. The "sword" symbolizes warfare and violence, "famine" represents scarcity and suffering, and "plague" denotes disease and death. Each of these calamities underscores the severity of God's judgment and serves as a call to repentance. Historically, these were common means by which God executed judgment, as seen in various biblical narratives, reinforcing the seriousness of His warnings.

(13) I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt.--The words point, like those of Jeremiah 43:11, to a punishment which should fall on the whole of Egypt, and from which the Jews who dwelt in it should find no exemption.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I will punish
וּפָקַדְתִּ֗י (ū·p̄ā·qaḏ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

those who live
הַיּֽוֹשְׁבִים֙ (hay·yō·wō·šə·ḇîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in the land
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Egypt,
מִצְרַ֔יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

just as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I punished
פָּקַ֖דְתִּי (pā·qaḏ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

Jerusalem,
יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

by sword,
בַּחֶ֥רֶב (ba·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

famine,
בָּרָעָ֖ב (bā·rā·‘āḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger

and plague,
וּבַדָּֽבֶר׃ (ū·ḇad·dā·ḇer)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1698: A pestilence


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