16and 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.


In Context

13 And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not hearkened unto my voice, nor walked in it,

14 but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them;

15 therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink,

16 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.

17 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come;

18 and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids pour forth waters.

Jeremiah 9:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16I 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:16I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will pursue them with the sword until I have destroyed them."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:16And I will scatter them among the nations, which they and their fathers have not known: and I will send the sword after them till they be consumed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:16I 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:16I 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16I 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16And I have scattered them among nations Which they knew not, they and their fathers, And have sent after them the sword, Till I have consumed them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16I 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.