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Jeremiah 42:17

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE

Everyone who's dead set on going to Egypt to live there? They're going to die by war, starvation, and disease. Not a single one will survive or escape the disaster I'm bringing their way.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes the place you think will save you is actually the last place you should go.

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