Jeremiah 44:26-28

Good News Translation

²⁶ But now listen to the vow that I, the Lord, have made in my mighty name to all you Israelites in Egypt: Never again will I let any of you use my name to make a vow by saying, ‘I swear by the living Sovereign Lord!’ ²⁷ I will see to it that you will not prosper, but will be destroyed. All of you will die, either in war or of disease, until not one of you is left. ²⁸ But a few of you will escape death and return from Egypt to Judah. Then the survivors will know whose words have come true, mine or theirs.