Jeremiah
Jeremiah 16:10–11
10When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’
11Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Jeremiah 16:10
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you tell | תַגִּיד֙ | ṯag·gîḏ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H5046 be conspicuous |
| these | הַזֶּ֔ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| people | לָעָ֣ם | lā·‘ām | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| these | הָאֵ֑לֶּה | hā·’êl·leh | Article; Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| things | הַדְּבָרִ֖ים | had·də·ḇā·rîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1697 speech, word |
| they will ask | וְאָמְר֣וּ | wə·’ā·mə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H559 utter, say |
| you | אֵלֶ֗יךָ | ’ê·le·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| Why | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| has the LORD | יְהוָ֤ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| pronounced | דִבֶּ֨ר | ḏib·ber | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| this | הַזֹּ֔את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| great | הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ | hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh | Article; Adjective - feminine singular | H1419 great |
| disaster | הָרָעָ֤ה | hā·rā·‘āh | Article; Adjective - feminine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
| against us | עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ | ‘ā·lê·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | H5921 height |
| What | וּמֶ֤ה | ū·meh | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| our iniquity | עֲוֺנֵ֙נוּ֙ | ‘ă·wō·nê·nū | Noun - common singular construct; first person common plural | H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity |
| What | וּמֶ֣ה | ū·meh | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| is the sin | חַטָּאתֵ֔נוּ | ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯê·nū | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common plural | H2403 offence, penalty, occasion |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| we have committed | חָטָ֖אנוּ | ḥā·ṭā·nū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | H2398 miss |
| against the LORD | לַֽיהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| our God | אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ | ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H430 God |
Jeremiah 16:11
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then you are to answer them | וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ | wə·’ā·mar·tā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| because | עַל֩ | ‘al | Preposition | H5921 height |
| your fathers | אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם | ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1 father |
| have forsaken | עָזְב֨וּ | ‘ā·zə·ḇū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H5800 leave, forsake, loose |
| Me | אוֹתִי֙ | ’ō·w·ṯî | Direct object marker; first person common singular | H853 mark of the accusative |
| declares | נְאֻם־ | nə·’um- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5002 utterance |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| and followed | וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ | way·yê·lə·ḵū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H1980 go, come, walk |
| other | אֲחֵרִ֔ים | ’ă·ḥê·rîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H312 another |
| gods | אֱלֹהִ֣ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| and served | וַיַּעַבְד֖וּם | way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏūm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine plural | H5647 work, serve |
| and worshiped | וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ | way·yiš·ta·ḥă·wū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H7812 bow down |
| them | לָהֶ֑ם | lā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | |
| They abandoned Me | עָזָ֔בוּ | ‘ā·zā·ḇū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H5800 leave, forsake, loose |
| and did not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| keep | שָׁמָֽרוּ׃ | šā·mā·rū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H8104 keep, watch, preserve |
| My instruction | תּוֹרָתִ֖י | tō·w·rā·ṯî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H8451 direction, instruction, law |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 16:10 Jeremiah 5:19 · 1 Kings 9:8–9 · Jeremiah 13:22 · Deuteronomy 29:24–25
Jeremiah 16:11 Psalm 106:35–41 · Jeremiah 8:2 · Nehemiah 9:26–29 · Jeremiah 22:9 · 1 Peter 4:3 · Deuteronomy 29:25–26 · Ezekiel 11:21 · Jeremiah 5:7–9 · 1 Kings 9:9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.