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

14Therefore, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel, “look, I will make this people eat wormwood and drink poisoned water. 15I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will pursue them with the sword, until I have finished with them.” Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “Pay attention! Call the dirge-singers and let them come. Send for the most skillful wailers and let them come!” 17“Let them come quickly and lift up a wailing over us so our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush with water.” 18For a wailing voice is heard from Zion: “How we are ruined! We are utterly ashamed— we have forsaken the land, for they tore down our dwellings.”

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 13:24“Therefore I will scatter them like drifting straw in the desert wind.
• Leviticus 26:33I will scatter you among the nations and I will draw out the sword after you. So your land will become a desolation and your cities will become a waste.
• Deuteronomy 4:27Adonai will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where Adonai will drive you.
• Deuteronomy 28:25“Adonai will bring you to defeat before your enemies. You will go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. You will become a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said, ‘I will hack them to pieces, make the memory of them cease from mankind,’
• Nehemiah 1:8“Please recall the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples,
• Psalms 106:27and disperse their offspring among the nations, and scatter them through the lands.
• Ezekiel 11:17Therefore say, thus says Adonai Elohim, “I will gather you from the peoples and collect you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
• Ezekiel 12:15So they will know that I am Adonai when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the countries.
• Ezekiel 20:23I also lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, to scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries.
• Zechariah 7:14‘I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations they have not known. Thus the land was left so desolate behind them that no one passed through or returned, for they made the pleasant land desolate.’”
• James 1:1Jacob, a slave of God and of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, To the twelve tribes in the Diaspora: Shalom!
• Jeremiah 15:2It will come to pass, when they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ Then You will tell them, thus says Adonai: “Those for death—to death! Those for the sword—to the sword! Those for famine—to famine! Those for exile—to exile!
• Jeremiah 24:10I will also send the sword, famine and pestilence among them, until they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.”
• Jeremiah 25:27And you will say to them, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “Drink, be drunken, vomit, fall down and rise no more, because of the sword that I will send among you.”
• Jeremiah 29:17thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “I am about to send on them the sword, famine and pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

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
• Arrow
• Desolate
• Heaven
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• Teach
• Wait
• Covenant, the New
• Jeremiah (2)
• Poetry, Hebrew

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