Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
Yet a small number - (notes, Jeremiah 44:14, and Jeremiah 42:17; a type of the final restoration of the elect Jewish remnant; Isaiah 27:13); cf. "all the men of Judah that are in ... Egypt, shall be consumed" (Jeremiah 44:27). A band easily counted, whereas they expecting to return triumphantly in large numbers.
All the remnant of Judah ... shall know - most of them experimentally, and to their cost.
Whose words ... mine, or theirs - Hebrew, that from me and them. Yahweh's words are His threats of destruction to the Jews; theirs, the assertion that they expected all goods from their gods (Jeremiah 44:17), etc. "Mine," by which I predicted ruin to them; "theirs," by which they give themselves free scope in iniquity.
Shall stand - (Psalms 33:11, "The counsel of the Lord standeth forever; the thoughts of His heart to all generations").