Jeremiah 42:17 Explained in Context

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Verse 17. So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

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Role in This Section

The narrated crisis and constrained human response carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn…” at Jeremiah 42:17 as part of “Flight to Egypt Is Warned against.”

Read It With

Jeremiah 42:13–18

Read Jeremiah 42:17 with 42:13–18. By itself, “So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Choosing Egypt to escape war and hunger is said to bring the very sword, famine, and disease the people fear.

Continue in Context

Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.

Read Jeremiah 42:13–18 — Flight to Egypt Is Warned against

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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Exact location: Jeremiah 42:13–18, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 42:13–18

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