Reference

Jeremiah 42:15

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“And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;”

But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God,

Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

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.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Prophecy Fulfilled Literally

The verse is a conditional statement outlining a potential disobedient action, not a prophecy of a specific geographical fulfillment for Israel. The "fulfillment" would be the consequences of their disobedience, not the act of entering Egypt itself.

Literal Fulfillment

This verse is a conditional statement ("If ye wholly set your faces...") and therefore does not describe a prophetic event that will definitely occur, which is the essence of "literal fulfillment." It outlines a potential action and its consequences, not a fulfilled or guaranteed prophecy.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes God's message being delivered, but it does not specify *how* Jeremiah received that message, only that he is now communicating it to others.

Prophecy Fulfilled Literally

Related Verses

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.”

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 42:17

“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 42:13

“But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God,”

Jeremiah 42:9

“And said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;”

Thematic Connections

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