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Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”

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ASV

I 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.

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַהֲפִֽצוֹתִים֙va.ha.fi.tzo.Timand I will scatter themH6327 →
בַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יָֽדְע֔וּya.de.'Uthey knewH3045 →
הֵ֖מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992 →
וַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑םva.'a.vo.Tamand ancestors theirH1 →
וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤יve.shi.lach.Tiand I will send forthH7971 →
אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙'a.cha.rei.Hemafter themH310 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַחֶ֔רֶבha.Che.revthe swordH2719 →
עַ֥ד'aduntilH5704 →
כַּלּוֹתִ֖יka.lo.Tihave made an end of IH3615 →
אוֹתָֽם׃ פ'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →

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Ezekiel 5:12A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.Ezekiel 5:2When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.Jeremiah 49:37So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.Jeremiah 22:16He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 44:27I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.Jeremiah 13:24“I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—Ezekiel 5:10As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’Jeremiah 15:2–4If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’Zechariah 7:14But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”Ezekiel 12:15And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.Jeremiah 49:36–37I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.Jeremiah 24:10And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”Ezekiel 20:23However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.Jeremiah 29:17this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.Deuteronomy 4:27Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

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