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Jeremiah 44:27 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Jeremiah 44:27 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 44 verse 27 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.”
Jeremiah 44:27 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 44:27
I will watch over them for evil, and not for good (שֹׁקֵד אֲנִי עֲלֵיהֶם לְרָעָה וְלֹא לְטוֹבָה)—The verb shoqed (שֹׁקֵד) means 'watching vigilantly,' used of God's watchful care for Israel (Jeremiah 1:12, 31:28). Here the divine watchfulness inverts from blessing to curse—God actively superintends their destruction. Compare Amos 9:4: 'I will set mine eyes upon them for evil.'Consumed by the sword and by the famine—The covenant curses of Deuteronomy 28:22, 48-51 follow the unfaithful even into Egypt. Geographic escape provides no refuge from covenant judgment. Until there be an end of them (עַ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 44:27
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“like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict”
“I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms”
“and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;”
“the end is come; it awakes against you; behold”
“that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there”
“and not for good”
“and pouring out drink offerings to her”