Conquest of Egypt Predicted

44 The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt, those who were living in ^(A)Migdol, ^(B)Tahpanhes, ^(C)Memphis, and the land of ^(D)Pathros, saying,

^26 [a]Nevertheless hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, ‘Behold, I have ^(A)sworn by My great name,’ says the Lord, ‘^(B)never shall My name be invoked again by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “^(C)As the Lord ^[b]God lives.” ²⁷ Behold, I am watching over them ^(D)for harm and not for good, and ^(E)all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will ^[c]meet their end by the sword and by famine until they ^[d]are completely gone. ^28 (F)Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah ^[e](G)few in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know ^(H)whose word will stand, Mine or theirs. ²⁹ This will be the ^(I)sign to you,’ declares the Lord, ‘that I am going to punish you in this place, so that you may know that ^(J)My words will surely stand against you for harm.’ ³⁰ Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am going to give over ^(K)Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt to the hand of his enemies, to the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave over ^(L)Zedekiah king of Judah to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his life.’”