Jeremiah 9:16

16 "I will ¹scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the ²sword after them until I have annihilated them."

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

15 therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.

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

17 Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the wailing women, that they may come!

18 "Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 28:64; Jeremiah 13:24
• 2. Jeremiah 44:27; Ezekiel 5:2, 12