Jeremiah 42 · Verse 18

Jeremiah 42:18

For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
Jeremiah 42:18, King James Version

Jeremiah 42:18 in other translations

BSBFor this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
WEBFor the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and my wrath has been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you, when you enter into Egypt; and you will be an object of horror, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach; and you will see this place no more.’
ASVFor thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: As mine anger and my wrath hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
YLTfor thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: As poured out hath been Mine anger and My fury on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so poured out is My fury upon you in your entering Egypt, and ye have been for an execration, and for an astonishment, and for a reviling, and for a reproach, and ye do not see any more this place.
DARBYFor thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: As mine anger and my fury have been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach, and ye shall see this place no more.
BBEFor this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: As my wrath and passion have been let loose on the people of Jerusalem, so will my passion be let loose on you when you go into Egypt: and you will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame; and you will never see this place again.
WebsterFor thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As my anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.

What does Jeremiah 42:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. As mine anger, &c.--As ye have already, to your sorrow, found Me true to My word, so shall ye again (Jr 7:20; 18:16). shall see this place no more--Ye shall not return to Judea, as those shall who have been removed to Babylon.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 42:7-22

If we would know the mind of the Lord in doubtful cases, we must wait as well as pray. God is ever ready to return in mercy to those he has afflicted; and he never rejects any who rely on his promises. He has declared enough to silence even the causeless fears of his people, which discourge them in the way of duty. Whatever loss or suffering we may fear from obedience, is provided against in God's word; and he will…

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Jeremiah 42:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּי֩kiforH3588
כֹ֨הkhohthusH3541
אָמַ֜ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָאוֹת֮tze.va.'Otof hostsH6635
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ka.'a.Sherjust asH834
נִתַּ֨ךְni.Takhit was poured outH5413
אַפִּ֜י'a.Pianger myH639
וַחֲמָתִ֗יva.cha.ma.Tiand rage myH2534
עַל\־'al-onH5921
יֹֽשְׁבֵי֙yo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
כֵּ֣ןkensoH3651
תִּתַּ֤ךְti.Takhit will pour outH5413
חֲמָתִי֙cha.ma.Tirage myH2534
עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם'a.lei.Khemon youH5921
בְּבֹאֲכֶ֖םbe.vo.'a.Khemwhen go youH935
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
וִהְיִיתֶ֞םvih.yi.Temand you will becomeH1961
לְאָלָ֤הle.'a.Lah<into> an curseH423
וּלְשַׁמָּה֙u.le.sha.Mahand <into> a horrorH8047
וְלִקְלָלָ֣הve.lik.la.Lahand <into> a curseH7045
וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔הu.le.cher.Pahand <into> a reproachH2781
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
תִרְא֣וּtir.'Uyou will seeH7200
ע֔וֹדodagainH5750
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

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Cross references for Jeremiah 42:18

  • Jeremiah 7:20

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

  • Jeremiah 18:16

    To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

  • Jeremiah 39:1-9

    In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal–sharezer, Samgar–nebo, Sarsechim, Rab–saris, Nergal–sharezer, Rab–mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. …

  • Jeremiah 29:18

    And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:

  • Deuteronomy 29:21-22

    And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;

  • Jeremiah 44:12

    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.

  • Isaiah 65:15

    And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

  • Jeremiah 24:9

    And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:16-19

    But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy. Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

  • Jeremiah 22:27

    But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

  • Ezekiel 22:22

    As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you.

  • Jeremiah 26:6

    Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
As mine.The people had witnessed the tremendous effects of the wrath of God, in the siege and destruction of Jerusalem; and had they not been past feeling, this denunciation must have made their ears tingle, and appalled their very souls.
6:11; 7:20; 39:1-9; 52:4-11; 2Ki 25:4-7; 2Ch 34:25; 36:16-19
La 2:4; 4:11; Eze 22:22; Da 9:11,27; Na 1:6; Re 14:10; 16:2-21
ye shall be.
18:16; 24:9; 25:9; 26:6; 29:18,22; 44:12; De 29:21,22; 1Ki 9:7-9
Isa 65:15; Zec 8:13
and ye shall see.
22:10-12,27

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Context

  • Jeremiah 42:17

    So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

  • Jeremiah 42:18

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.

  • Jeremiah 42:19

    The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.

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Jeremiah 42:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: Como se derramó mi enojo y mi ira sobre los moradores de Jerusalem, así se derramará mi ira sobre vosotros, cuando entrareis en Egipto; y seréis por juramento y por espanto, y por maldición y por afrenta; y no veréis más este lugar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car ainsi dit l’ Éternel des armées, le Dieu d’Israël: Comme ma colère et ma fureur ont été versées sur les habitants de Jérusalem, ainsi ma fureur sera versée sur vous si vous allez en Égypte; et vous serez une exécration, et une désolation, et une malédiction, et un opprobre; et vous ne verrez plus ce lieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn so spricht Jehova der Heerscharen, der Gott Israels: Gleichwie mein Zorn und mein Grimm sich ergossen haben über die Bewohner von Jerusalem, also wird mein Grimm sich über euch ergießen, wenn ihr nach Ägypten ziehet; und ihr werdet zum Fluch und zum Entsetzen und zur Verwünschung und zum Hohne sein, und werdet diesen Ort nicht mehr sehen. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quia hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: Sicut conflatus est furor meus et indignatio mea super habitatores Jerusalem, sic conflabitur indignatio mea super vos cum ingressi fueritis Ægyptum: et eritis in jusjurandum, et in stuporem, et in maledictum, et in opprobrium, et nequaquam ultra videbitis locum istum.