"The LORDwill scatteryou among the peoples,and you will be leftfewin numberamong the nationswherethe LORDdrivesyou.
They said,"Come,let us buildfor ourselves a city,and a towerwhose top[will reach] into heaven,and let us makefor ourselves a name,otherwisewe will be scatteredabroad overthe faceof the wholeearth."
Then Jacobsaidto Simeonand Levi,"You have broughttroubleon me by makingme odiousamong the inhabitantsof the land,among the Canaanitesand the Perizzites;and my menbeing fewin number,they will gathertogether againstme and attackme and I will be destroyed,I and my household."
They saidto me, "The remnanttherein the provincewhosurvivedthe captivityare in greatdistressand reproach,and the wallof Jerusalemis brokendownand its gatesare burnedwith fire."
And that He would casttheir seedamong the nationsAnd scatterthem in the lands.
You giveus as sheepto be eatenAnd have scatteredus among the nations.
You sellYour peoplecheaply,And have not profitedby their sale.
Yet gleaningswill be leftin it like the shakingof an olivetree,Two[or] threeoliveson the topmostbough,Four[or] fiveon the branchesof a fruitfultree,Declaresthe LORD,the Godof Israel.
So I will hurlyou out of thislandinto the landwhichyou have not known,neither you noryour fathers;and thereyou will serveothergodsdayand night,for I will grantyou nofavor.'
"Thereforesay,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"ThoughI had removedthem faraway among the nationsand thoughI had scatteredthem among the countries,yet I was a sanctuaryfor them a littlewhilein the countrieswherethey had gone."'
"So they will knowthat I am the LORDwhen I scatterthem among the nationsand spreadthem among the countries.
"AlsoI sworeto them in the wildernessthat I would scatterthem among the nationsand dispersethem among the lands,
"I will scatteryou among the nationsand I will disperseyou through the lands,and I will consumeyour uncleannessfrom you.
"Meshech,Tubaland alltheir hordesare there;their gravessurroundthem. Allof them were slainby the sworduncircumcised,thoughthey instilledtheir terrorin the landof the living.
"Righteousnessbelongs to You, O Lord,but to us openshame,as it is thisday--to the menof Judah,the inhabitantsof Jerusalemand allIsrael,those who are nearbyand those who are faraway in allthe countriesto whichYou have driventhem, because of their unfaithfuldeedswhichthey have committedagainst You.
My Godwill castthem awayBecausethey have not listenedto Him; And they will be wanderersamong the nations.
You, however, I will scatteramong the nationsand will drawout a swordafteryou, as your landbecomesdesolateand your citiesbecomewaste.
"but I scatteredthem with a stormwindamongallthe nationswhomthey have not known.Thus the landis desolatedbehindthem sothat noone wentbackand forth,for they madethe pleasantlanddesolate."
"The LORDwill bringyou and your king,whomyou setoveryou, to a nationwhichneitheryou noryour fathershave known,and thereyou shall serveothergods,woodand stone.
and the LORDuprootedthem from their landin angerand in furyand in greatwrath,and castthem into anotherland,as [it is] thisday.'
then the LORDyour Godwill restoreyou from captivity,and havecompassionon you, and will gatheryou againfrom allthe peopleswherethe LORDyour Godhas scatteredyou.
I would have said,"I will cutthem to pieces,I will removethe memoryof them from men,"
