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I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.
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A Prophecy Fulfilled
Scholars like Albert Barnes note that this verse is a direct fulfillment of the covenant curses described centuries earlier in Leviticus 26:33. This demonstrates God's faithfulness to His word, both in its promises and its warnings, serving as a powerful proof of prophecy's divine origin.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three verses is now detailed at great length.
Jeremiah 9:10
19th Century
Baptist
A patriot for man, a prophet for God, do you marvel that he wept?
16th Century
Protestant
As he had said that the Jews were following what they had received from their fathers, so he says now that God would scatter them among nations…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will scatter them also among the Heathen Besides the bitter judgments of famine and pestilence during the siege, what r…
In Zion, the voice of joy and praise used to be heard while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound—it is now the voice of lame…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet threatens punishment against the people themselves.
First, he specifies the punishment in terms of aff…
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