Jeremiah 9:16
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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.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.”
In other translations
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.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.”
Hebrew words
וַהֲפִצוֹתִיםvahafitzotimand I will scatter themH6327בַּגּוֹיִםbagoyimamong the nationsH1471אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834לֹאlo'notH3808יָדְעוּyade'uthey knewH3045הֵמָּהhemahtheyH1992וַאֲבוֹתָםva'avotamand ancestors theirH1וְשִׁלַּחְתִּיveshilachtiand I will send forthH7971אַחֲרֵיהֶם'achareihemafter themH310אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַחֶרֶבhacherevthe swordH2719עַד'aduntilH5704כַּלּוֹתִיkalotihave made an end of IH3615אוֹתָם׃ פ'otam<obj.> themH853
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 28:64And 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.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.
- Ezekiel 5:12A 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.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.
- Leviticus 26:33And 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.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.
- Ezekiel 5:2Thou 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.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.
- Jeremiah 44:27Behold, 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.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.
- Jeremiah 13:24Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.“I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.
- Ezekiel 14:17Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
- Jeremiah 29:17Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.
- Jeremiah 24:10And 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.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.’”
- James 1:1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
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