Jeremiah 9:16
Context| NETBible | I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors 1 have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords 2 until I have destroyed them.’” 3 |
| XREF | Le 26:33; De 4:27; De 28:25,36,64; De 32:26; Ne 1:8; Ps 106:27; Jer 13:24; Jer 15:2-4; Jer 24:10; Jer 25:27; Jer 29:17; Jer 44:27; Jer 49:36,37; Eze 5:2,12; Eze 11:17; Eze 12:15; Eze 14:17; Eze 20:23; Zec 7:14; Jas 1:1 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “fathers.” 2 tn 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 sn He will destroy them but not completely. See Jer 5:18; 30:11; 46:28. |
