10 and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I am going to send men and get (A)My servant (B)Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and I am going to set his throne over these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his [a](C)canopy over them. 11 He will also come and (D)strike the land of Egypt; those who are meant for death will be given over to death, and those for captivity to captivity, and (E)those for the sword to the sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:10 Or carpet

27 Behold, I am watching over them (A)for harm and not for good, and (B)all the people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will [a]meet their end by the sword or by famine until they [b]are completely gone.

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  1. Jeremiah 44:27 Lit be finished
  2. Jeremiah 44:27 Lit come to an end

A third you shall burn in the fire at the center of the city, when the (A)days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take a third and strike it with the sword all around [a]the city, and a third you shall scatter to the wind; for I will (B)unsheathe a sword behind them.

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  1. Ezekiel 5:2 Lit it

14 And I will (A)scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them.

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