Jer 16:16 | NET2full | STEP | “But for now I, the Lord , say : ‘I will send many enemies who will catch these people like fishermen . After that I will send others who will hunt them out like hunters from all the mountains , all the hills , and the crevices in the rocks .

‏ Jeremiah 16:16

16 “But for now I, the Lord, say: ^{▼▼tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.” The Lord has been speaking; the first person has been utilized in translation to avoid a shift that might create confusion.} ‘I will send many enemies who will catch these people like fishermen. After that I will send others who will hunt them out like hunters from all the mountains, all the hills, and the crevices in the rocks. ^{▼▼tn Heb “Behold, I am about to send for many fishermen, and they will catch them. And after that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and from the cracks in the rocks.”} ^{▼▼sn The picture of rounding up the population for destruction and exile is also seen in Amos 4:2 and Hab 1:14-17.}