Jeremiah 9:16

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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.’”

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  • Lev 26:33 : 33 I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.
  • Deut 28:64 : 64 The LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.
  • Ezek 5:2 : 2 Burn a third of it in the fire inside the city when the days of your siege are completed. Take a third and slash it with a sword all around the city. Scatter a third to the wind, and I will unleash a sword behind them.
  • Ezek 5:12 : 12 A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.
  • Jer 44:27 : 27 I will indeed see to it that disaster, not prosperity, happens to them. All the people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will die in war or from starvation until not one of them is left.
  • Jer 13:24 : 24 “The LORD says,‘That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind.
  • Jer 15:2-4 : 2 If they ask you,‘Where should we go?’ tell them the LORD says this:“Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease. Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war. Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation. Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile.” 3 “I will punish them in four different ways: I will have war kill them. I will have dogs drag off their dead bodies. I will have birds and wild beasts devour and destroy their corpses. 4 I will make all the people in all the kingdoms of the world horrified at what has happened to them because of what Hezekiah’s son Manasseh, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.”
  • Jer 24:10 : 10 I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.’”
  • Jer 25:27 : 27 Then the LORD said to me,“Tell them that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says,‘Drink this cup until you get drunk and vomit. Drink until you fall down and can’t get up. For I will send wars sweeping through you.’
  • Jer 29:17 : 17 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them. I will treat them like figs that are so rotten they cannot be eaten.
  • Jer 49:36-37 : 36 I will cause enemies to blow through Elam from every direction like the winds blowing in from the four quarters of heaven. I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds. There will not be any nation where the refugees of Elam will not go. 37 I will make the people of Elam terrified of their enemies, who are seeking to kill them. I will vent my fierce anger and bring disaster upon them,” says the LORD.“I will send armies chasing after them until I have completely destroyed them.
  • Ezek 11:17 : 17 “Therefore say:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When I regather you from the peoples and assemble you from the lands where you have been dispersed, I will give you back the country of Israel.’
  • Ezek 12:15 : 15 “Then they will know that I am the LORD when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among foreign countries.
  • Ezek 14:17 : 17 “Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say,‘Let a sword pass through the land,’ and I were to kill both people and animals.
  • Ezek 20:23 : 23 I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
  • Zech 7:14 : 14 ‘Rather, I will sweep them away in a storm into all the nations they are not familiar with.’ Thus the land had become desolate because of them, with no one crossing through or returning, for they had made the fruitful land a waste.”
  • Jas 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings!
  • Deut 32:26 : 26 The Weakness of Other Gods“I said,‘I want to cut them in pieces. I want to make people forget they ever existed.
  • Neh 1:8 : 8 Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses:‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations.
  • Ps 106:27 : 27 make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands.
  • Deut 4:27 : 27 Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the LORD will drive you.
  • Deut 28:25 : 25 Curses by Defeat and Deportation“The LORD will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • Deut 28:36 : 36 The LORD will force you and your king whom you will appoint over you to go away to a people whom you and your ancestors have not known, and you will serve other gods of wood and stone there.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 26:33
    83%

    33 I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.

  • Ezek 36:19
    82%

    19 I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them.

  • Jer 24:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9 I will bring such disaster on them that all the kingdoms of the earth will be horrified. I will make them an object of reproach, a proverbial example of disaster. I will make them an object of ridicule, an example to be used in curses. That is how they will be remembered wherever I banish them.

    10 I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.’”

  • Jer 29:17-18
    2 verses
    81%

    17 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them. I will treat them like figs that are so rotten they cannot be eaten.

    18 I will chase after them with war, starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them.

  • Amos 9:4
    81%

    4 Even when their enemies drive them into captivity, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will not let them out of my sight; they will experience disaster, not prosperity.”

  • Zech 7:14
    80%

    14 ‘Rather, I will sweep them away in a storm into all the nations they are not familiar with.’ Thus the land had become desolate because of them, with no one crossing through or returning, for they had made the fruitful land a waste.”

  • Jer 9:15
    80%

    15 So then, listen to what I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, say.‘I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment.

  • Ezek 12:14-16
    3 verses
    80%

    14 All his retinue– his attendants and his troops– I will scatter to every wind; I will unleash a sword behind them.

    15 “Then they will know that I am the LORD when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among foreign countries.

    16 But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

  • Ezek 22:15
    80%

    15 I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you among various countries; I will remove your impurity from you.

  • Hos 9:17
    78%

    17 My God will reject them, for they have not obeyed him; so they will be fugitives among the nations.

  • Jer 18:17
    78%

    17 I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind. I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them.”

  • Jer 13:24
    78%

    24 “The LORD says,‘That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind.

  • Ezek 20:23
    77%

    23 I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.

  • Jer 14:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15 I did not send those prophets, though they claim to be prophesying in my name. They may be saying,‘No war or famine will happen in this land.’ But I, the LORD, say this about them:‘War and starvation will kill those prophets.’

    16 The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem and there will be no one to bury them. This will happen to the men and their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve.”

  • Jer 15:7
    77%

    7 The LORD continued,“In every town in the land I will purge them like straw blown away by the wind. I will destroy my people. I will kill off their children. I will do so because they did not change their behavior.

  • Jer 49:37
    77%

    37 I will make the people of Elam terrified of their enemies, who are seeking to kill them. I will vent my fierce anger and bring disaster upon them,” says the LORD.“I will send armies chasing after them until I have completely destroyed them.

  • Amos 9:9
    77%

    9 “For look, I am giving a command and I will shake the family of Israel together with all the nations. It will resemble a sieve being shaken, when not even a pebble falls to the ground.

  • Ezek 5:10
    77%

    10 Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors to the winds.

  • Deut 32:26
    77%

    26 The Weakness of Other Gods“I said,‘I want to cut them in pieces. I want to make people forget they ever existed.

  • Jer 13:14
    76%

    14 And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,’ says the LORD.”

  • Ezek 5:12
    76%

    12 A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.

  • Ps 106:27
    75%

    27 make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands.

  • Ezek 32:9
    75%

    9 I will disturb many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among countries you do not know.

  • Ezek 6:8
    75%

    8 “‘But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.

  • Deut 4:27
    75%

    27 Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the LORD will drive you.

  • Ezek 11:16
    75%

    16 “Therefore say:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Although I have removed them far away among the nations and have dispersed them among the countries, I have been a little sanctuary for them among the lands where they have gone.’

  • Jer 25:16
    75%

    16 When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them.”

  • Jer 15:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2 If they ask you,‘Where should we go?’ tell them the LORD says this:“Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease. Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war. Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation. Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile.”

    3 “I will punish them in four different ways: I will have war kill them. I will have dogs drag off their dead bodies. I will have birds and wild beasts devour and destroy their corpses.

    4 I will make all the people in all the kingdoms of the world horrified at what has happened to them because of what Hezekiah’s son Manasseh, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.”

  • Jer 19:7
    75%

    7 In this place I will thwart the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I will deliver them over to the power of their enemies who are seeking to kill them. They will die by the sword at the hands of their enemies. I will make their dead bodies food for the birds and wild beasts to eat.

  • 1 Kgs 9:7
    75%

    7 then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations.

  • Jer 9:9
    75%

    9 I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the LORD.“I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!”

  • Jer 5:15
    75%

    15 The LORD says,“Listen, nation of Israel! I am about to bring a nation from far away to attack you. It will be a nation that was founded long ago and has lasted for a long time. It will be a nation whose language you will not know. Its people will speak words that you will not be able to understand.

  • Jer 16:13
    75%

    13 So I will throw you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have ever known. There you must worship other gods day and night, for I will show you no mercy.’”

  • Ezek 5:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 I will shoot against them deadly, destructive arrows of famine, which I will shoot to destroy you. I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply.

    17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

  • Deut 28:64
    74%

    64 The LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.

  • Jer 25:9
    74%

    9 So I, the LORD, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn.

  • Zech 10:9
    74%

    9 Though I scatter them among the nations, they will remember in far-off places– they and their children will survive and return.

  • Ezek 11:9
    74%

    9 ‘But I will take you out of the city. And I will hand you over to foreigners. I will execute judgments on you.

  • Jer 8:13
    74%

    13 I will take away their harvests, says the LORD. There will be no grapes on their vines. There will be no figs on their fig trees. Even the leaves on their trees will wither. The crops that I gave them will be taken away.’”

  • 2 Kgs 21:14
    74%

    14 I will abandon this last remaining tribe among my people and hand them over to their enemies; they will be plundered and robbed by all their enemies,

  • Ezek 30:26
    74%

    26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

  • Jer 11:22
    74%

    22 So the LORD of Heaven’s Armies said,“I will surely punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. Their sons and daughters will die of starvation.

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