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Jeremiah 9:16

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9:16I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors41 have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords42 until I have destroyed them.’ ”43

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Footnotes

  1. 41 Heb “fathers.”
  2. 42 Heb “I will send the sword after them.” The sword here is probably not completely literal but refers to death by violent means, including death by the sword.
  3. 43 He will destroy them but not completely. See Jer 5:18; 30:11; 46:28.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will scatter them among the nations that they and their ancestors have not known. I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”

NLTNew Living Translation

I will scatter them around the world, in places they and their ancestors never heard of, and even there I will chase them with the sword until I have destroyed them completely.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and I will scatter them among the nations that they have not known, they and their ancestors, and I will send the sword after them until I bring them to an end.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.