Yeremia 9:16

9:16 I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors ¹  have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords ²  until I have destroyed them.’” ³ 

Daniel 9:14

9:14 The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just ⁴  in all he has done, ⁵  and we have not obeyed him. ⁶ 

Amos 9:8

9:8 Look, the sovereign Lord is watching ⁷  the sinful nation, ⁸ 

and I will destroy it from the face of the earth.

But I will not completely destroy the family ⁹  of Jacob,” says the Lord.

[9:16]  ¹ tn Heb “fathers.”

[9:16]  ² 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]  ³ sn He will destroy them but not completely. See Jer 5:18; 30:11; 46:28.

[9:14]  ⁴ tn Or “righteous.”

[9:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “in all his deeds which he has done.”

[9:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “we have not listened to his voice.”

[9:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “the eyes of the sovereign Lord are on.”

[9:8]  ⁸ tn Or “kingdom.”

[9:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).