Jeremiah 9:16

Jeremiah 9:16 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them."
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will scatter them also among the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.”

Context of Jeremiah 9:16

14but have walked stubbornly after their [own] heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,” 15therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them bitter and poisonous water to drink. I will [also] scatter them among nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have annihilated them.” 17Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider and call for the mourning women to come; Send for the wailing women to come. 18Let them hurry and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water.

Jeremiah 9:16 word by word

וַהֲפִֽצוֹתִים֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ הֵ֖מָּה וַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑ם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙ אֶת־הַחֶ֔רֶב עַ֥ד כַּלּוֹתִ֖י אוֹתָֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will scatterפּוּץpûts · to scatterH6327
• them also among the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• whom neither they nor their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• have knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• and I will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• a swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• them, till I have consumedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: destroyH3615

Cross-references for Jeremiah 9:16

• Jeremiah 13:24Therefore I will scatter you like drifting straw [Driven away] by the desert wind.
• Leviticus 26:33I will scatter you among the nations and draw out the sword [of your enemies] after you; your land will become desolate and your cities will become ruins.
• Deuteronomy 4:27The Lord will scatter and disperse you among the peoples (pagan nations), and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord drives you.
• Deuteronomy 28:25“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you will go out against them one way, but flee before them seven ways, and you will be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth [when they see your destruction].
• Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces [scattering them far away], I will remove the memory of them from men,”
• Nehemiah 1:8Please remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful and violate your obligations to Me I will scatter you [abroad] among the peoples;
• Psalms 106:27And that He would cast out their descendants among the nations And scatter them in the lands [of the earth].
• Ezekiel 11:17Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give [back] to you the land of Israel.” ’
• Ezekiel 12:15So they will know and understand fully that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the [pagan] countries.
• Ezekiel 20:23Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the [Gentile] nations and disperse them among the countries,
• Zechariah 7:14“but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after they had gone, so that no one passed through or returned, for they [by their sins] had made the pleasant land desolate and deserted.”
• James 1:1James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve [Hebrew] tribes [scattered abroad among the Gentiles] in the dispersion: Greetings (rejoice)!
• Jeremiah 15:2And it shall be that when they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Those [destined] for death, to death; Those for the sword, to the sword; Those for famine, to famine; Those for captivity, to captivity.” ’
• Jeremiah 24:10I will send the sword, famine and virulent disease among them until they are consumed from the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.’ ”
• Jeremiah 25:27“Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Drink, be drunk, vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword which I will send among you.” ’
• Jeremiah 29:17thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Behold (listen very carefully), I am sending the sword, famine, and virulent disease (pestilence) on them, and I will make them like rotten figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 9:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three verses is now detailed at great length. Jeremiah 9:10 The habitations i. e - the temporary encampments of the shepherds (see Jeremiah 6:3). So that none can … - Or, “They are parched up, with no man to pass through them; neither do they hear the voice of cattle; from the birds of the heaven even to the beasts they “are fled, they are gone.” Jeremiah 9:11 Dragons - Rather…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 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 that are abroad; death cuts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel issued another decree. He would bring bitterness and poison through exile and widespread death in foreign lands.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. nor their fathers have known--alluding to Jr 9:14, "Their fathers taught them" idolatry; therefore the children shall be scattered to a land which neither their fathers nor they have known. send a sword after them--Not even in flight shall they be safe.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 9:16

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• War

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• Adulterer
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• Covenant, the New
• Jeremiah (2)
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings