Jer 44:27 | NETfull | STEP | I will indeed see to it that disaster, not prosperity, happens to them. All the people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will die in war or from starvation until not one of them is left.

Jeremiah 44:27

27 I will indeed ^{▼▼ Heb “Behold I.” For the use of this particle see the translator’s note on 1:6. Here it announces the reality of a fact.} see to it that disaster, not prosperity, happens to them. ^{▼▼ Heb “Behold, I am watching over them for evil/disaster/harm not for good/prosperity/ blessing.” See a parallel usage in 31:28.} All the people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will die in war or from starvation until not one of them is left.