Jeremiah 9:16

Judgment

¹⁴ Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”

¹⁵ Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.

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.”

¹⁷ This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.

¹⁸ Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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.”
KJV: 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.
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.
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.
BLB: And I will scatter them among the nations that have known, neither they [nor] their fathers, and I will send out after them a sword, until I have put an end to them!

ÅB: og jeg vil sprede dem blant hedningefolk som de ikke kjente, hverken de eller deres fedre, og jeg vil sende sverdet etter dem, til jeg får gjort ende på dem.
OTB: Jeg vil spre dem blant nasjoner som verken de eller deres fedre har kjent, og jeg vil forfølge dem med sverdet til jeg har gjort ende på dem."
B1930: og jeg vil sprede dem blandt hedningefolk som de ikke kjente, hverken de eller deres fedre, og jeg vil sende sverdet efter dem, til jeg får gjort ende på dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 5:12
A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
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Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
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Leviticus 26:33
But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
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Ezekiel 5:2
When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
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Jeremiah 44:27
I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
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Jeremiah 13:24
“I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.
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Jeremiah 24:10
And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”
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Deuteronomy 4:27
Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
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