Jer 16:16 | NETfull | 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: ^{▼▼ Heb “Oracle of the Lord.” The Lord has been speaking; the first person has been utilized in translation to avoid a shift which 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. ^{▼▼ 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.”} ^{▼▼ The picture of rounding up the population for destruction and exile is also seen in Amos 4:2 and Hab 1:14–17.}