Verse 16

Jeremiah 9:16

Literal Standard Version

16 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.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִתְבּֽוֹנְנ֛וּ וְ/קִרְא֥וּ לַ/מְקוֹנְנ֖וֹת וּ/תְבוֹאֶ֑ינָה וְ/אֶל הַ/חֲכָמ֥וֹת שִׁלְח֖וּ וְ/תָבֽוֹאנָה
English Translation
Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Consider and call for the mourners and let them come, and send for the wise and let them come.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
1 Who makes my head waters, || And my eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, || For... Focus ↗
2 Who gives me in a wilderness || A lodging-place for travelers? And I leave my people, and go from th... Focus ↗
3 “And they bend their tongue, || Their bow is a lie, || And they have not been mighty for steadfastne... Focus ↗
4 “You each beware of his friend, || And do not trust any brother, || For every brother utterly suppla... Focus ↗
5 And they each mock at his friend, || And they do not speak truth, || They taught their tongue to spe... Focus ↗
6 Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit, || Through deceit they refused to know Me,” || A declaratio... Focus ↗
7 Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, I am refining them, and have tried them, || For how do... Focus ↗
8 Their tongue is a slaughtering arrow, || It has spoken deceit in its mouth, || It speaks peace with... Focus ↗
9 Do I not see after them for these things?” A declaration of YHWH, “Does My soul not avenge itself ag... Focus ↗
10 I lift up weeping and wailing for the mountains, || And a lamentation for the habitations of the wil... Focus ↗
11 “And I make Jerusalem become heaps, || A habitation of dragons, || And I make the cities of Judah a... Focus ↗
12 Who is the wise man? And he understands this, || And he to whom the mouth of YHWH spoke? And he decl... Focus ↗
13 And YHWH says: “Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, || And they have not liste... Focus ↗
14 And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, || And after the Ba‘alim, || That their fathers... Focus ↗
15 Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel: “Behold, I am causing them—this people—t... Focus ↗
16 And I have scattered them among nations || Which they did not know, they and their fathers, || And h...
17 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Consider, and call for mourning women, || And they come, || And send to th... Focus ↗
18 And they hurry, and lift up a wailing for us. And tears run down our eyes, || And waters flow from o... Focus ↗
19 For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How we have been spoiled! We have been greatly ashamed, |... Focus ↗
20 But hear, you women, a word of YHWH, || And your ear receives a word of His mouth, || And teach your... Focus ↗
21 For death has come up into our windows, || It has come into our palaces, || To cut off the suckling... Focus ↗
22 Speak thus, “A declaration of YHWH, || And the carcass of man has fallen, || As dung on the face of... Focus ↗
23 Thus said YHWH: “Do not let the wise boast himself in his wisdom, || Nor let the mighty boast himsel... Focus ↗
24 But let the boaster boast himself in this, || In understanding and knowing Me, || For I am YHWH, doi... Focus ↗
25 “Behold, days are coming,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “And I have laid a charge on all circumcised... Focus ↗
26 On Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, || And on the sons of Ammon, and on Moab, || And on all cutting... Focus ↗