16 then the sword(A) you fear will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine you are worried about will follow on your heels[a] there to Egypt, and you will die there. 17 All who resolve to go to Egypt to stay there for a while will die by the sword, famine, and plague. They will have no survivor or fugitive from the disaster I will bring on them.’

18 “For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury were poured out on Jerusalem’s residents,(B) so will my fury pour out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an example for cursing, scorn,(C) execration, and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’

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Footnotes

  1. 42:16 Lit will cling after you

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