Jeremiah 30 · Verse 16

Jeremiah 30:16

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
Jeremiah 30:16, King James Version

Jeremiah 30:16 in other translations

BSBNevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them— will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.
WEBTherefore all those who devour you will be devoured. All your adversaries, everyone of them, will go into captivity. Those who plunder you will be plunder. I will make all who prey on you become prey.
ASVTherefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that despoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
YLTTherefore all consuming thee are consumed, And all thine adversaries--all of them--Into captivity do go, And thy spoilers have been for a spoil, And all thy plunderers I give up to plunder.
DARBYTherefore all that devour thee shall be devoured, and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be for a spoil; and all they that prey upon thee will I give to be a prey.
BBEFor this cause, all those who take you for their food will themselves become your food; and all your attackers, every one of them, will be taken prisoners; and those who send destruction on you will come to destruction; and all those who take away your goods by force will undergo the same themselves.
WebsterTherefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thy adversaries, every one of them shall go into captivity; and they that plunder thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

What does Jeremiah 30:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. Therefore--connected with Jr 30:13, because "There is none to plead thy cause ... therefore" I will plead thy cause, and heal thy wound, by overwhelming thy foes. This fifteenth verse is inserted to amplify what was said at the close of Jr 30:14. When the false ways of peace, suggested by the so-called prophets, had only ended in the people's irremediable ruin, the true prophet comes forward to announce the grace of God as bestowing repentance and healing. devour thee ... be devoured ... spoil ... be a spoil ... prey upon ... give for a prey--retribution in kind (see on Jr 2:3; Ex 23:22; Is 33:1).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 They that devour thee - The Chaldeans. Shall be devoured - By the Medes and Persians. All that prey upon thee will I give for a prey - The Assyrians were destroyed by the Babylonians; the Babylonians, by the Medes and Persians; the Egyptians and Persians were destroyed by the Greeks, under Alexander. All these nations are now extinct, but the Jews, as a distinct people, still exist.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 30:12-17

When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lusts. Yet, though the captives suffered justly, and could not help themselves, the Lord intended to appear for them, and to punish their oppressors; and he will still do so. But every effort to heal ourselves must prove fruitless, so long as we neglect the heavenly Advocate…

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Jeremiah 30:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָכֵ֞ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֹכְלַ֙יִךְ֙'o.khe.La.yikh[those who] devour youH398
יֵאָכֵ֔לוּye.'a.Khe.luthey will be devouredH398
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
צָרַ֥יִךְtza.Ra.yikhopponents yourH6862
כֻּלָּ֖םku.Lamall of themH3605
בַּשְּׁבִ֣יba.she.Viin <the> captivityH7628
יֵלֵ֑כוּye.Le.khuthey will goH1980
וְהָי֤וּve.ha.Yuand they will becomeH1961
שֹׁאסַ֙יִךְ֙sho.Sa.yikh[those who] plunder youH8155
לִמְשִׁסָּ֔הlim.shi.Sah<into> plunderH4933
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
בֹּזְזַ֖יִךְbo.ze.Za.yikh[those who] despoil youH962
אֶתֵּ֥ן'e.TenI will makeH5414
לָבַֽז\׃la.Vazinto spoilH957

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 30:16

  • Jeremiah 10:25

    Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

  • Isaiah 33:1

    Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

  • Zechariah 2:8

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

  • Exodus 23:22

    But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

  • Revelation 13:10

    He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

  • Isaiah 14:2

    And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

  • Lamentations 4:21-22

    Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

  • Psalms 129:5

    Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

  • Joel 3:8

    And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

  • Jeremiah 2:3

    Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord.

  • Zephaniah 2:8

    I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

  • Psalms 137:8-9

    O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10:25; 12:14; 25:12,26-29; 50:7-11,17,18,28,33-40; 51:34-37
Ex 23:22; Ps 129:5; 137:8,9; Isa 14:2; 33:1; 41:11,12; 47:5,6; 54:15
Isa 54:17; La 1:21; 4:21,22; Eze 25:3-7; 26:2-21; 29:6; 35:5
Mic 4:11; 7:10; Na 1:8; Hab 2:16; Zep 2:8; Zec 1:14; 2:8; 12:2; 14:2
Re 13:10

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Context

  • Jeremiah 30:15

    Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

  • Jeremiah 30:16

    Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

  • Jeremiah 30:17

    For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

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Jeremiah 30:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Empero serán consumidos todos los que te consumen; y todos tus afligidores, todos irán en cautiverio; y hollados serán los que te hollaron, y á todos los que hicieron presa de ti daré en presa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi tous ceux qui te dévorent seront dévorés, et tous tes ennemis, oui, tous, iront en captivité, et ceux qui te dépouillent seront dépouillés, et tous ceux qui te pillent je les livrerai au pillage.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum sollen alle, die dich fressen, gefressen werden, und alle deine Bedränger sollen insgesamt in die Gefangenschaft gehen; und deine Berauber sollen zum Raube werden, und alle deine Plünderer werde ich zur Plünderung hingeben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Propterea omnes qui comedunt te devorabuntur, et universi hostes tui in captivitatem ducentur: et qui te vastant vastabuntur, cunctosque prædatores tuos dabo in prædam.