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16 then the (A)sword, which you are afraid of, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are anxious, will [a]follow closely after you there in Egypt, and you will die there. 17 So all the men who set their face to go to Egypt to sojourn there will die by the (B)sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and they will (C)have no survivors or any who escaped from the calamity that I am going to bring on them.”’”

18 For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “As My (D)anger and wrath have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And you will become a (E)curse, an object of horror, an imprecation, and a reproach; and (F)you will see this place no more.”

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  1. Jeremiah 42:16 Lit cling