Jeremiah 42:16

then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
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.

Note shall follow…: Heb. shall cleave after you

KJV · King James Version
then it will happen that the sword, which you fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, will follow close behind you there in Egypt; and you will die there.
WEB · World English Bible
then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

that the sword
Jeremiah 42:13; Jeremiah 44:13, 27; Deuteronomy 28:15, 22, 45; Proverbs 13:21; Ezekiel 11:8; Amos 9:1–4; Zechariah 1:6; John 11:48
follow close
Heb. cleave. there ye.
Jeremiah 44:11, 12, 27