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Jeremiah 9:16

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

Jeremiah 9:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 9:16

Theological / Devotional

Scatter them. See Jer. 16:13; 17:4; cf. Lev. 26:33; Deut. 28:36, 64.

Send a sword. Even in the land of exile there will be no rest and no safety (see chs. 42:16; 44:27).

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