Jeremiah 44:29
Good News Translation
I, the LORD, will give you proof that I will punish you in this place and that my promise to bring destruction on you will come true.

New Revised Standard Version
This shall be the sign to you, says the LORD, that I am going to punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words against you will surely be carried out:

Contemporary English Version
And here is how you will know that I will keep my threats to punish you in Egypt.

New American Bible
And this shall be a sign to you—oracle of the LORD—I will punish you in this place so that you will know that my words stand solidly against you for evil.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this shall be a sign to you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place: that you may know that my words shall be accomplished indeed against you for evil.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And this shall be a sign to you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place: that you may know that my words shall be accomplished indeed against you for evil.

a sign

Jeremiah 44:30 Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will deliver Pharao Nechao king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life: as I delivered Sedecias king of Juda into the land of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon his enemy, and that sought his life.

1 Samuel 2:34 And this shall be a sign to thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees: in one day they shall both of them die.

Matthew 24:15,16,32-34 When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand. . . .

Mark 13:14-16 And when you shall see the abomination of desolation, standing where it ought not (he that readeth let him understand): then let them that are in Judea flee unto the mountains. . . .

Luke 21:20,21 And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at hand. . . .

Luke 21:29-33 And he spoke to them a similitude. See the fig tree and all the trees: . . .

my words

Proverbs 19:21 There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

Isaiah 40:8 The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.

Context
Calamity for the Jews
28And a few men that shall flee from the sword, shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Juda: and all the remnant of Juda that are gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs. 29And this shall be a sign to you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place: that you may know that my words shall be accomplished indeed against you for evil.30Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will deliver Pharao Nechao king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life: as I delivered Sedecias king of Juda into the land of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon his enemy, and that sought his life.…
Cross References
Matthew 24:15
When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand.

Matthew 24:16
Then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains:

Proverbs 19:21
There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

Isaiah 7:11
Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God, either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above.

Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son and his name shall be called Emmanuel.

Isaiah 8:18
Behold I and my children, whom the Lord hath given me for a sign, and for a wonder in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Sion.

Isaiah 31:2
But he that is the wise one hath brought evil, and hath not removed his words: and he will rise up against the house of the wicked, and against the aid of them that work iniquity.

Isaiah 40:8
The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.

Jeremiah 44:30
Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will deliver Pharao Nechao king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life: as I delivered Sedecias king of Juda into the land of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon his enemy, and that sought his life.

Zechariah 1:6
But yet my words, and my ordinances, which I gave in charge to my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers, and they returned, and said: As the Lord of hosts thought to do to us according to our ways, and according to our devices, so he hath done to us.

Jeremiah 44:28
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