Jeremiah 16:16
ContextNETBible | But for now I, the Lord, say: 1 “I will send many enemies who will catch these people like fishermen. After that I will send others who will hunt them out like hunters from all the mountains, all the hills, and the crevices in the rocks. 2 |
NIV © biblegateway Jer 16:16 |
"But now I will send for many fishermen," declares the LORD, "and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks. |
NASB © biblegateway Jer 16:16 |
"Behold, I am going to send for many fishermen," declares the LORD, "and they will fish for them; and afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and every hill and from the clefts of the rocks. |
NLT © biblegateway Jer 16:16 |
"But now I am sending for many fishermen who will catch them," says the LORD. "I am sending for hunters who will search for them in the forests and caves. |
MSG © biblegateway Jer 16:16 |
"Now, watch for what comes next: I'm going to assemble a bunch of fishermen." GOD's Decree! "They'll go fishing for my people and pull them in for judgment. Then I'll send out a party of hunters, and they'll hunt them out in all the mountains, hills, and caves. |
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 16:16 |
See, I will send for great numbers of fishermen, says the Lord, and they will take them like fish in a net; and after that, I will send for numbers of bowmen, and they will go after them, driving them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. |
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 16:16 |
I am now sending for many fishermen, says the LORD, and they shall catch them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks. |
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 16:16 |
"Behold, I will send for many fishermen," says the LORD, "and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. |
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NASB © biblegateway Jer 16:16 |
"Behold <02009> , I am going to send <07971> for many <07227> fishermen <01728> ," declares <05002> the LORD <03068> , "and they will fish <01770> for them; and afterwards <0310> for many <07227> hunters <06719> , and they will hunt <06679> them from every <03605> mountain <02022> and every <03605> hill <01389> and from the clefts <05357> of the rocks <05553> . |
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NET [draft] ITL | But for now <02005> I, the Lord <03068> , say <05002> : “I will send <07971> many <07227> enemies <01771> who will catch these people like fishermen <01770> . After <0310> that I will send <07971> others <07227> who will hunt <06679> them out like hunters <06719> from <05921> all <03605> the mountains <02022> , all <03605> the hills <01389> , and the crevices <05357> in the rocks <05553> . |
HEBREW |
NETBible | But for now I, the Lord, say: 1 “I will send many enemies who will catch these people like fishermen. After that I will send others who will hunt them out like hunters from all the mountains, all the hills, and the crevices in the rocks. 2 |
NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “Oracle of the 2 tn Heb “Behold I am about to send for many fishermen and they will catch them. And after that I will send for many hunters and they will hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and from the cracks in the rocks.” 2 sn The picture of rounding up the population for destruction and exile is also seen in Amos 4:2 and Hab 1:14-17. |