Jeremiah 9:16

16 I will scatter them among nations that they and their ancestors haven't heard of. I will send armies after them until I've wiped them out.

Jeremiah 9:16 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them also among the Heathen
Besides the bitter judgments of famine and pestilence during the siege, what remained of them should be carried captive out of their own land into foreign countries, than which nothing could be more distressing: whom neither they or their fathers have known;
a circumstance greatly aggravating their captivity: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them;
or men that kill with the sword, as the Targum: it chiefly regards such of them as were scattered among the Moabites and Ammonites, and especially that went into Egypt; see ( Jeremiah 44:27 Jeremiah 44:28 ) .

Jeremiah 9:16 In-Context

14 They followed their own stubborn ways and other gods--the Baals, as their ancestors taught them."

15 This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am going to feed these people bitterness and give them poison to drink.

16 I will scatter them among nations that they and their ancestors haven't heard of. I will send armies after them until I've wiped them out.

17 This is what the LORD of Armies says: Consider this: Call for the women who cry at funerals. Send for those who are the most skilled.

18 They should come quickly and cry for us. Our eyes will run with tears. Our eyelids will flow with water.