Yeremia 7:27

7:27 Then the Lord said to me, ¹  “When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you.

Yeremia 9:16

9:16 I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors ²  have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords ³  until I have destroyed them.’” ⁴ 

[7:27]  ¹ tn The words, “Then the Lord said to me” are not in the text but are implicit in the shift from the second and third person plural pronouns in vv. 21-26 and the second singular in this verse. The words are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:16]  ² tn Heb “fathers.”

[9:16]  ³ 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]  ⁴ sn He will destroy them but not completely. See Jer 5:18; 30:11; 46:28.