Jeremiah 9:16
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
Jeremiah 9:16 in other translations
| BSB | I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.” |
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| WEB | I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.” |
| ASV | I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them. |
| YLT | And I have scattered them among nations Which they knew not, they and their fathers, And have sent after them the sword, Till I have consumed them. |
| DARBY | and will scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them. |
| BBE | And I will send them wandering among the nations, among people strange to them and to their fathers: and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them. |
| Webster | I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them. |
What does Jeremiah 9:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 9:12-22
In Zion the voice of joy and praise used to be heard, while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound, it is now the voice of lamentation. Unhumbled hearts lament their calamity, but not their sin, which is the cause of it. Let the doors be shut ever so fast, death steals upon us. It enters the palaces of princes and great men, though stately, strongly built, and guarded. Nor are those more safe…
Jeremiah 9:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 9:16
- Ezekiel 5:12
A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
- Deuteronomy 28:64
And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
- Leviticus 26:33
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
- Ezekiel 5:2
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
- Jeremiah 44:27
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
- Jeremiah 13:24
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
- Jeremiah 24:10
And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
- Deuteronomy 4:27
And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.
- Jeremiah 49:36-37
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
- Jeremiah 25:27
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
- James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
- Deuteronomy 28:36
The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
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Context
- Jeremiah 9:15
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
- Jeremiah 9:16
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
- Jeremiah 9:17
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
Jeremiah 9:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los esparciré entre gentes que no conocieron ellos ni sus padres; y enviaré espada en pos de ellos, hasta que yo los acabe. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ainsi dit l’ Éternel des armées: Considérez, et appelez les pleureuses, et qu’elles viennent; et envoyez vers les femmes sages, et qu’elles viennent, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und sie unter die Nationen zerstreuen, die sie nicht gekannt haben, weder sie noch ihre Väter; und ich will das Schwert hinter ihnen her senden, bis ich sie vernichtet habe. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dispergam eos in gentibus quas non noverunt ipsi et patres eorum, et mittam post eos gladium, donec consumantur. |