Jeremiah 44:12

44:12 I will see to it that all the Judean remnant that was determined to go ¹  and live in the land of Egypt will be destroyed. Here in the land of Egypt they will fall in battle ²  or perish from starvation. People of every class ³  will die in war or from starvation. They will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse. ⁴ 

Jeremiah 44:18

44:18 But ever since we stopped sacrificing and pouring out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven, we have been in great need. Our people have died in wars or of starvation.” ⁵ 

Jeremiah 44:2

44:2 “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all ⁶  says, ‘You have seen all the disaster I brought on Jerusalem ⁷  and all the towns of Judah. Indeed, they now lie in ruins and are deserted. ⁸ 

Jeremiah 21:14

21:14 But I will punish you as your deeds deserve,’

says the Lord. ⁹ 

‘I will set fire to your palace;

it will burn up everything around it.’” ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “they set their face to go.” Compare 44:11 and 42:14 and see the translator’s note at 42:15.

² tn Heb “fall by the sword.”

³ tn Or “All of them without distinction,” or “All of them from the least important to the most important”; Heb “From the least to the greatest.” See the translator’s note on 42:1 for the meaning of this idiom.

⁴ tn See the study note on 24:9 and the usage in 29:22 for the meaning and significance of this last phrase.

⁵ tn Heb “we have been consumed/destroyed by sword or by starvation.” The “we” cannot be taken literally here since they are still alive.

⁶ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” Compare 7:3 and see the study note on 2:19 for explanation and translation of this title.

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⁸ tn Heb “Behold, they are in ruins this day and there is no one living in them.”

⁹ tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “I will set fire in its forest and it will devour its surroundings.” The pronouns are actually third feminine singular going back to the participle “you who sit enthroned above the valley.” However, this is another example of those rapid shifts in pronouns typical of the biblical Hebrew style which are uncommon in English. They have regularly been leveled to the same person throughout in the translation to avoid possible confusion for the English reader.