Jeremiah 44:12-13

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  44:13 I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt with war, starvation, and disease just as I punished Jerusalem.

[44:12]  ¹ tn Heb “they set their face to go.” Compare 44:11 and 42:14 and see the translator’s note at 42:15.

[44:12]  ² tn Heb “fall by the sword.”

[44:12]  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.

[44:12]  ⁴ tn See the study note on 24:9 and the usage in 29:22 for the meaning and significance of this last phrase.