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Jeremiah 10:18

WEB

18For the LORD says, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.”

KJV

18For thus saith[+] the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

BSB

18For this is what the LORD says: Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”

FBV

18because this is what the Lord says: Look! Right now I'm about to throw out the people living in this country, bringing them trouble they will really feel.

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Extra References

1 Samuel 25:29

29Though men may rise up to pursue you and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies as from a sling’s pocket.


Zechariah 1:6

6But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn’t they overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.’”


Deuteronomy 28:63-64

63It will happen that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so the LORD will rejoice over you to cause you to perish and to destroy you. You will be plucked from the land that you are going in to possess. 64The LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth. There you will serve other gods which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.


Jeremiah 23:20

20The LORD’s anger will not return until he has executed and performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.


Jeremiah 15:1-2

1Then the LORD said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out! 2It will happen when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go out?’ then you shall tell them, ‘The LORD says: Such as are for death, to death; such as are for the sword, to the sword; such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.”’


Ezekiel 6:10

10They will know that I am the LORD. I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.”’


Jeremiah 16:13

13Therefore I will cast you out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’