Jeremiah 42:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
then it hath come to pass, the sword that ye are afraid of, doth there overtake you, in the land of Egypt; and the hunger, because of which ye are sorrowful, doth there cleave after you in Egypt, and there ye die.

King James 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.

Hebrew
then the sword
הַחֶ֗רֶב (ha·ḥe·reḇ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

you
אַתֶּם֙ (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

fear
יְרֵאִ֣ים (yə·rê·’îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

will overtake
תַּשִּׂ֥יג (taś·śîḡ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5381: To reach, overtake

you
אֶתְכֶ֖ם (’eṯ·ḵem)
Direct object marker | second person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

there,
שָׁ֛ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

and the famine
וְהָרָעָ֞ב (wə·hā·rā·‘āḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger

you
אַתֶּ֣ם ׀ (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

dread
דֹּאֲגִ֣ים (dō·’ă·ḡîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1672: To be anxious or concerned, to fear

will follow on your heels
יִדְבַּ֧ק (yiḏ·baq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit

into Egypt,
מִצְרַ֖יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

and you will die
תָּמֻֽתוּ׃ (tā·mu·ṯū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

there.
וְשָׁ֥ם (wə·šām)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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