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Jeremiah 9:16

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9:16 I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors 1  have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords 2  until I have destroyed them.’” 3 

Jeremiah 10:21

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10:21 For our leaders 4  are stupid.

They have not sought the Lord’s advice. 5 

So they do not act wisely,

and the people they are responsible for 6  have all been scattered.

Jeremiah 52:8

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52:8 But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, 7  and his entire army deserted him.
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[9:16]  1 tn Heb “fathers.”

[9:16]  2 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.

[9:16]  3 sn He will destroy them but not completely. See Jer 5:18; 30:11; 46:28.

[10:21]  4 tn Heb “the shepherds.”

[10:21]  5 tn Heb “They have not sought the Lord.”

[10:21]  6 tn Heb “all their flock (or “pasturage”).”

[52:8]  7 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.



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