Jeremiah 44:27
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 44:27 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 44:27 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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 ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 44:27 — KJV
“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)
Jeremiah 44:27 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 44:27
“And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 44:27: men, judah, land
“If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not. go about...: or, make merchandise against a land, and men acknowledge it not”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 44:27: behold, men, land
“Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 44:27: behold, evil, good
“And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 44:27: land, consumed, sword
“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 44:27: behold, evil, sword
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