What Does Jeremiah 44:27 Mean?

lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if

“Behold I will watch”

to be alert, i.e., sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“over them for evil”

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and not for good”

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

“shall be consumed”

to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“and all the men”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“of Judah”

jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that are in the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“of Egypt”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

“by the sword”

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

“and by the famine”

hunger (more or less extensive)

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“until there be an end”

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)