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And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will also scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them until I have put an end to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I 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.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />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 consumed them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will [also] scatter them among nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have annihilated them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will scatter them among the nations that they and their ancestors have not known. I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will scatter them among the nations that they and their fathers have not known. I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I'll scatter them in foreign countries that they and their ancestors have never even heard of. Finally, I will send enemy soldiers to kill every last one of them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have heard about, and I will send armies against them until I have completely destroyed them." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I'll pursue them with the sword until I've finished them off."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords until I have destroyed them.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I 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.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have scattered them among nations "" Which they did not know, they and their fathers, "" And have sent the sword after them, "" Until I have consumed them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I scattered them in the nations which they knew not, they and their fathers: and I sent after them the sword till I consumed them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will disperse them among nations, which they and their fathers have not known. And I will send the sword after them, until they are consumed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will scatter them among nations whom neither they nor their ancestors have known; I will send the sword to pursue them until I have completely destroyed them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I will scatter them also among the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send a sword after them till I have consumed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall scatter them among the Gentiles whom they have not known, they and their fathers, and I shall send a sword after them until I finish them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and I will scatter them among the nations, to them whom neither they nor their fathers knew; and I will send a sword upon them, until I have consumed them with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=2922" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/9.htm">A Lament over Zion</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6327.htm" title="6327: wa·hă·p̄i·ṣō·w·ṯîm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To be dispersed or scattered. A primitive root; to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively.">I will scatter them</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: bag·gō·w·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">among the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">neither</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm·māh (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">they</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: wa·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">nor their fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">have known,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wə·šil·laḥ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">and I will send</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ha·ḥe·reḇ (Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">a sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: kal·lō·w·ṯî (V-Piel-Inf:: 1cs) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">I have finished them off.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Deuteronomy 28:64</a></span><br />Then 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-33.htm">Leviticus 26:33</a></span><br />But 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/12-15.htm">Ezekiel 12:15</a></span><br />And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-23.htm">Ezekiel 20:23</a></span><br />However, 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm">Ezekiel 22:15</a></span><br />I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-9.htm">Amos 9:9</a></span><br />“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm">Isaiah 11:12</a></span><br />He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/27-13.htm">Isaiah 27:13</a></span><br />And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-5.htm">Isaiah 43:5-6</a></span><br />Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west. / I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/7-14.htm">Zechariah 7:14</a></span><br />But 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/1-8.htm">Nehemiah 1:8-9</a></span><br />Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, / but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a></span><br />In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-21.htm">2 Kings 25:21</a></span><br />There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-20.htm">2 Chronicles 36:20</a></span><br />Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-27.htm">Psalm 106:27</a></span><br />to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">scatter.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-24.htm">Jeremiah 13:24</a></b></br> Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-33.htm">Leviticus 26:33</a></b></br> And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-27.htm">Deuteronomy 4:27</a></b></br> And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.</p><p class="hdg">and I.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm">Jeremiah 15:2-4</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as <i>are</i> for death, to death; and such as <i>are</i> for the sword, to the sword; and such as <i>are</i> for the famine, to the famine; and such as <i>are</i> for the captivity, to the captivity… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10</a></b></br> And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-27.htm">Jeremiah 25:27</a></b></br> Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/esther/7-4.htm">Annihilated</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-13.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-8.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-18.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-16.htm">Scatter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-19.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-25.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Wandering</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/lamentations/2-22.htm">Annihilated</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-4.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-2.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-26.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-24.htm">Scatter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Wandering</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah laments the people for their manifold sins;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-9.htm">and for their judgment.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-12.htm">Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">He exhorts to mourn for their destruction;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-23.htm">and to trust not in themselves, but in God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-25.htm">He threatens both Jews and Gentiles.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I will scatter them among the nations</b><br>This phrase reflects God's judgment on Israel for their persistent disobedience and idolatry. The scattering, or diaspora, is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, seen in <a href="/leviticus/26-33.htm">Leviticus 26:33</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Deuteronomy 28:64</a>, where God warns Israel of the consequences of breaking the covenant. Historically, this prophecy was fulfilled during the Babylonian exile when many Israelites were taken captive and dispersed. The scattering serves as both punishment and a means to preserve a remnant, as seen in later prophecies of restoration.<p><b>that neither they nor their fathers have known</b><br>This indicates the unfamiliarity and foreignness of the lands to which the Israelites would be exiled. It emphasizes the severity of the punishment, as they would be removed from their homeland and the land promised to their ancestors. This also highlights the loss of cultural and religious identity, as they would be surrounded by pagan nations. The unfamiliar lands symbolize the spiritual estrangement from God due to their sins.<p><b>and I will send a sword after them</b><br>The "sword" represents ongoing judgment and conflict, even in exile. It suggests that the Israelites would not find peace or safety in foreign lands. This can be connected to the broader biblical theme of divine retribution, where God uses nations as instruments of His judgment, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-6</a> with Assyria. The sword also foreshadows the continued struggles and persecution faced by the Jewish people throughout history.<p><b>until I have finished them off.</b><br>This phrase underscores the completeness of God's judgment. It implies a thorough and decisive action against the nation due to their persistent rebellion. However, in the broader biblical narrative, "finished them off" does not mean total annihilation but rather the end of their current state of rebellion and idolatry. It aligns with the prophetic theme of judgment leading to eventual restoration, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/30-11.htm">Jeremiah 30:11</a>, where God promises not to make a full end of Israel but to discipline them justly. This reflects God's justice and mercy, ultimately pointing to the hope of redemption and restoration through the Messiah.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by themes of repentance and impending judgment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which had turned away from God, leading to the prophetic warnings of destruction and exile.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the foreign lands where the people of Judah would be scattered as a result of their disobedience to God. These nations were unfamiliar to them and their ancestors.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sword.htm">Sword</a></b><br>Symbolizes the instrument of God's judgment and the violence that would pursue the people even in exile.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/exile.htm">Exile</a></b><br>The event of being forcibly removed from one's homeland, which was a significant consequence of Judah's persistent sin and rebellion against God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>God's warnings are not idle threats; they are serious and have real consequences. The scattering of Judah serves as a sobering reminder of the cost of turning away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>Even in judgment, God remains sovereign. The scattering among nations was not random but a deliberate act of God to fulfill His word and bring about repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The message of Jeremiah is ultimately one of repentance. Even in the face of judgment, there is an opportunity to turn back to God and seek His mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While the immediate context is one of judgment, the broader account of Scripture reveals God's desire for restoration and redemption, offering hope beyond the present circumstances.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_amos_9_9_align_with_history.htm">Amos 9:9 - How could the scattering of Israel across all nations align with historical or archaeological records of only limited exiles?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_5_11-12's_punishment.htm">In Ezekiel 5:11-12, how can we reconcile the promised devastating punishment (famine, sword, and scattering) with accounts from other biblical or secular sources?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_jerusalem's_reverence_global.htm">In Jeremiah 33:9, God promises all nations will fear and tremble because of Jerusalem's prosperity--why doesn't history reflect this worldwide reverence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_jer._15_3_punishments_conflict_with_god's_love.htm">The graphic punishments in Jeremiah 15:3 seem excessively harsh. Do they conflict with the concept of a just and loving God found elsewhere in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> <span class="cmt_word">I will scatter them also</span>, etc. (comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Deuteronomy 28:64</a>; <a href="/leviticus/26-33.htm">Leviticus 26:33</a><span class="cmt_word">). I will send a</span> [the] <span class="cmt_word">sword after them</span>. Even in the land of their captivity they shall have no rest. A special prophecy to the same effect was addressed to the Jewish fugitives in Egypt (<a href="/jeremiah/44-27.htm">Jeremiah 44:27</a>). In both cases it is the unbelievers who are referred to; the nation as such was, through its Divine calling, indestructible. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I will scatter</span><br /><span class="heb">וַהֲפִֽצוֹתִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(wa·hă·p̄i·ṣō·w·ṯîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6327.htm">Strong's 6327: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be dispersed or scattered</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them among the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(bag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">neither</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵ֖מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(hêm·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[nor] their fathers</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have known,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָֽדְע֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏə·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I will send</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šil·laḥ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a sword</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֶ֔רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after</span><br /><span class="heb">אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them until</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have finished them off.”</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּלּוֹתִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(kal·lō·w·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Jeremiah 9:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Jeremiah 9:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Jeremiah 9:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Jeremiah 9:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Jeremiah 9:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Jeremiah 9:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Jeremiah 9:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Jeremiah 9:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Jeremiah 9:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Jeremiah 9:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/9-16.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 9:16 I will scatter them also among (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 9:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 9:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 9:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 9:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>