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And I will punishוּפָקַדְתִּיthose who liveעַל הַיּוֹשְׁבִיםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof EgyptמִצְרַיִםasכַּאֲשֶׁרI punishedפָּקַדְתִּיJerusalem,עַל יְרוּשָׁלִָםwith the sword,בַּחֶרֶבwith famine,בָּרָעָבand with pestilence.וּבַדָּבֶר
Jeremiah 44:13
Study it in the app“And I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt as I punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 44:13, word by word
- And I will punishפָקַדְתִּיfakadti
punish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “fakadti” appears- those who liveיּוֹשְׁבִיםyoshvim
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- with the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- with famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- and with pestilenceדָּבֶרdaver
plague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “daver” appears
Places in this verse
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
12And I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to go to the land of Egypt to reside as aliens there, and they will all come to an end; in the land of Egypt they will fall; by the sword and by famine they will come to an end; from the small to the great, by the sword and by famine they will die; and they will become an imprecation, a horror, and a curse and a reproach.
13 · This verse (above)
14And there will be no fugitive or survivor of the remnant of Judah who have come to reside as aliens there, in the land of Egypt, to return to the land of Judah, where they lift up their soul to return to live there; for they will not return, except some escaped ones.”