Jeremiah 44:28

28 '¹Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah ²few in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know ³whose word will stand, Mine or theirs.

Jeremiah 44:28 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 44:28

Yet a small number that shall escape the sword
The sword of the king of Babylon, and the other judgments, and which would be but very few; "men of number" ^F11, as in the Hebrew text, which might easily be numbered; Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah, and some few righteous persons among them, as Kimchi and Abarbinel observe: shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah;
they shall make their escape out of the land of Egypt, whither they did not go willingly; and, by one providence or another, shall come back to their native country, the land of Judea, When the rest will not; which must be a distinguishing your to them: and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to
sojourn there, shall know what words shall stand, mine or theirs;
those that are left of the sword, famine, and pestilence, shall know experimentally, by facts laid down, whose words have their effect and accomplishment, stand firm and sure; whether theirs, that promised impunity and safety, peace and prosperity, in their idolatrous practices; or the Lord's, which threatened with ruin and destruction. The Lord is true, and every man a liar; whatever devices are in a man's heart, the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (rpom ytm) "viri numeri", Montanus

Jeremiah 44:28 In-Context

26 "Nevertheless hear the word of the LORD , all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, 'Behold, I have sworn by My great name,' says the LORD , 'never shall My name be invoked again by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, "As the Lord GOD lives."

27 'Behold, I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will meet their end by the sword and by famine until they are completely gone.

28 'Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah few in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs.

29 'This will be the sign to you,' declares the LORD , 'that I am going to punish you in this place, so that you may know that My words will surely stand against you for harm.'

30 "Thus says the LORD , 'Behold, I am going to give over Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt to the hand of his enemies, to the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave over Zedekiah king of Judah to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his life.' "

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 44:14
• 2. Isaiah 10:19; Isaiah 27:12, 13
• 3. Psalms 33:11; Isaiah 14:27; Isaiah 46:10, 11; Zechariah 1:6

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "men of number"