Jeremiah 44:29

This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jeremiah delivers this declaration from the LORD to the Jewish remnant dwelling in Egypt, immediately after announcing that surviving fugitives will return to Judah in small numbers.

The words — The Hebrew הָאוֹת (ha-'ot) means "the sign," and פֹקֵד (fo-ked) literally means "visit" or "execute judgment." These terms frame the coming disaster as a divinely appointed verification of the prophet's warning.

The thread — The assurance that divine speech remains unshaken appears in Isaiah 40:8, which contrasts fading creation with the permanent stability of God's word. The specific pattern of a ruler being handed to his pursuers is explicitly applied to Pharaoh Hophra in Jeremiah 44:30.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that God's announced judgments will execute precisely as declared, regardless of human evasion. It demands acceptance that the destruction in Egypt will function as objective proof of divine authority.

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The Hebrew words

וְזֹאת־ve./zot-and/ thisלָכֶ֤םla./Khemfor <the>/ youהָאוֹת֙ha./'Ot[will be] the/ sign נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance of יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh כִּֽי־ki-that פֹקֵ֥דfo.Ked[am] about to visit [judgment]אֲנִ֛י'a.NiI עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם'a.lei./Khemon/ you בַּמָּק֣וֹםba./ma.Komin the/ place הַזֶּ֑הha./Zeh<the>/ this לְמַ֙עַן֙le.Ma.'anso that תֵּֽדְע֔וּte.de.'Uyou may know כִּי֩kithat ק֨וֹםKomcertainly <to be established>יָק֧וּמוּya.Ku.muthey will be established דְבָרַ֛יde.va.Ra/iwords/ my עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם'a.lei./Khemon/ you לְרָעָֽה׃ סle./ra.'Ahfor/ harm

King James Version

And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:

Cross-references

Proverbs 19:21 Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
Matthew 24:15 So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
Jeremiah 44:30 This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
1 Samuel 2:34 And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
Matthew 24:32 Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.
Mark 13:14 So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Luke 21:20 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
Luke 21:29 Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.