Jeremiah 44:27
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Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageJeremiah addresses Judeans who fled after Jerusalem’s fall and settled in Egyptian centers including Memphis, Pathros, and Tahpanhes; Babylon represents the empire to which Judah had been exiled. Their flight to Egypt rejected the Lord’s warning, so the passage announces judgment rather than the security they sought.
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Jeremiah 44:27 mentions Babylon, Egypt, Jerusalem, Memphis, Pathros and Tahpanhes.
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