Jeremiah 44:12-14

Contemporary English Version

¹² There were only a few of you left in Judah, and you decided to go to Egypt. But you will die such horrible deaths in war or from starvation, that people of other countries will use the name of Judah as a curse word. ¹³ I punished Jerusalem with war, hunger, and disease, and that's how I will punish you. ¹⁴ None of you will survive. You may hope to return to Judah someday, but only a very few of you will escape death and be able to go back.