Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 42:16
Then it shall come to pass, [that] the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Translate it: Then shall the sword of which ye are afraid reach you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine whereof ye pine shall cleave close unto you in Egypt, and there shall ye die; and all the men who have set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there shall die … by the pestilence, nor shall they have anyone that is left or escaped from the evil which I will bring upon them.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 16. The sword – and the famine – shall follow close after you] Shall be at your heels; shall overtake and destroy you; for there ye shall die.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
In the general the prophet threateneth them, that in Egypt they should meet with the very same evils the fear of which made them flee out of their own country, the sword and famine; the sword of Nebuchadnezzar, who, after this, fully conquered Egypt; and a famine through want of bread; for although Egypt was a fruitful country, yet we know there was a famine there, against which Joseph provided; besides that scarcity of victuals commonly followeth great armies. Those who shun dangers, or think to shun them, by acts of disobedience to God, ordinarily are suffered by God to take such courses as they fall into the same or worse dangers than what they labour to avoid.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
16. sword, which ye feared, shallovertake youThe very evils we think to escape by sin, we bringon ourselves thereby. What our hearts are most set on often provesfatal to us. Those who think to escape troubles by changing theirplace will find them wherever they go (Eze11:8). The “sword” here is that of Nebuchadnezzar, whofulfilled the prediction in his expedition to Africa (according toMEGASTHENES, a heathenwriter), 300 B.C.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Then it shall come to pass,…. That the various judgments following should come upon them:
[that] the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; that is, the sword; of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, which they feared they should fall by in Judea; this should come after them in Egypt, and there overtake them, as it did; Egypt being destroyed by the king of Babylon, as it was foretold it should, Jer 46:25;
and the famine, whereof you were afraid, shalt follow close after you there in Egypt; the famine they were afraid would come upon them in Judea, should pursue them, overtake them, seize on them, and cleave unto them, in Egypt; thus the evils they thought to escape, by moving from one place, should befall them in another; there is no fleeing from the presence, power, and hand of God:
and there ye shall die; either by the sword, or by famine, or by pestilence, as in the Jer 42:17.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
16. It shall come to pass The evils which we seek to escape by disobedience we multiply unto ourselves thereby.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 42:16 Then it shall come to pass, [that] the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Ver. 16. Then it shall come to pass, that the sword which ye feared shall overtake you there. ] Categorice intonat propheta. God hath long hands; neither can wicked men anywhere live out of the reach of his rod.
And the famine whereof ye were afraid.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
afraid = apprehensive.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
that the sword: Jer 42:13, Jer 44:13, Jer 44:27, Deu 28:15, Deu 28:22, Deu 28:45, Pro 13:21, Eze 11:8, Amo 9:1-4, Zec 1:6, Joh 11:48
follow close: Heb. cleave
there ye: Jer 44:11, Jer 44:12, Jer 44:27
Reciprocal: Deu 17:16 – Ye shall henceforth 1Ch 21:12 – to be destroyed Jer 41:18 – for they Lam 5:9 – General Eze 5:12 – and I will draw Eze 12:14 – I will draw 1Th 5:4 – overtake
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 42:16. There is no use to try to run away from God, and by going to Egypt against the admonition of the prophet they would be easting defiance against the Lord.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
42:16 Then it shall come to pass, [that] the sword, which ye feared, {f} shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, of which ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
(f) Thus God turns the policy of the wicked to their own destruction: for they thought themselves sure in Egypt, and there Nebuchadnezzar destroyed them and the Egyptians, Jer 46:25 .