Behold, the LORD will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.
Jeremiah 10:18 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it]. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time and will bring distress on them, that they may feel it and find it [to be as I have said, and turn to Me]. American Standard Version (1901) For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it. Common English Bible The LORD proclaims: I’m going to eject those who live in the land at this time; I will badger them until they leave. Catholic Public Domain Version For thus says the Lord: "Behold, in this turn, I will cast the inhabitants of the land far away. And I will afflict them no matter where they may be found." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will cast away far off the inhabitants of the land at this time: and I will afflict them, so that they may be found. |
Behold, the LORD will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.
therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there shall you serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.
I will cast you out, and your mother who bore you, into another country, where you were not born; and there shall you die.
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he has executed, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
They shall know that I am the LORD: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.
I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.
But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn't they overtake your fathers? *Then they repented and said, 'Just as the LORD of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.'*
They shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you.
Though men be risen up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God; and the souls of your enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.