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."


In Context

13 The Lord said, "It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law.

14 Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their fathers taught them."

15 Therefore, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "See, I will make this people eat bitter food and drink poisoned water.

16 I 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."

17 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "Consider now! Call for the wailing women to come; send for the most skillful of them.

18 Let them come quickly and wail over us till our eyes overflow with tears and water streams from our eyelids.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16and 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.

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.