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16 I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors[a] have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords[b] until I have destroyed them.’”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:16 tn Heb “fathers.”
  2. Jeremiah 9:16 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. Jeremiah 9:16 sn He will destroy them but not completely. See Jer 5:18; 30:11; 46:28.