Jeremiah 46:16
He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
KJV
Multiplicavit ruentes, ceciditque vir ad proximum suum, et dicent : Surge, et revertamur ad populum nostrum, et ad terram nativitatis nostræ, a facie gladii columbæ.
Vulgate
Πορεύου καὶ εἰπὸν πρὸς Ἀβδεμέλεχ τὸν Αἰθίοπα Οὕτως εἶπεν Κύριος ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραήλ Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ φέρω τοὺς λόγους μου ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ταύτην εἰς κακὰ καὶ οὐκ εἰς ἀγαθά,
LXX
He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
ASV
הִרְבָּ֖ה כּוֹשֵׁ֑ל גַּם נָפַ֞ל אִ֣ישׁ אֶל רֵעֵ֗/הוּ וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ ק֣וּמָ/ה וְ/נָשֻׁ֣בָה אֶל עַמֵּ֗/נוּ וְ/אֶל אֶ֨רֶץ֙ מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔/נוּ מִ/פְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַ/יּוֹנָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 50:16 — Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his
- Jer 51:9 — We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
- Jer 51:9 — We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
- Lev 26:36 — And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from