Verse 17

All the people who are determined to go and settle in Egypt will die from war, starvation, or disease. No one will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.’

Referenced Verses

• Jer 42:22 : 22 So now be very sure of this: You will die from war, starvation, or disease in the place where you want to go and live.”
• Jer 24:10 : 10 I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.’”
• Jer 44:28 : 28 Some who survive in battle will return to the land of Judah from the land of Egypt. But they will be very few indeed! Then the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will know whose word proves true, mine or theirs.’
• Jer 44:13-14 : 13 I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt with war, starvation, and disease just as I punished Jerusalem. 14 None of the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah. Though they long to return and live there, none of them shall return except a few fugitives.’”