Jeremiah 44:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have set my face against you for evil, to cut off all Judah. 12 I will take away the remnant of Judah who insisted on going to the land of Egypt to live there; in the land of Egypt they shall meet their end. They shall fall by the sword or be consumed by hunger. From the least to the greatest, they shall die by sword or hunger; they shall become a malediction, a horror, a curse, a reproach.(A) 13 Thus I will punish those who live in Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, with sword, hunger, and disease,
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