Jeremiah
Jeremiah 16:15
15Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For I will return them to their land that I gave to their forefathers.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instead | כִּ֣י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| As surely as the LORD | יְהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| lives | חַי־ | ḥay- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H2416 alive, living |
| who | אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| brought | הֶעֱלָ֜ה | he·‘ĕ·lāh | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| the Israelites | בְּנֵ֤י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| out of the land | מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | mê·’e·reṣ | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of the north | צָפ֔וֹן | ṣā·p̄ō·wn | Noun - feminine singular | H6828 north |
| and all | וּמִכֹּל֙ | ū·mik·kōl | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the other lands | הָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹת | hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ | Article; Noun - feminine plural | H776 earth, land |
| to which | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| He had banished them | הִדִּיחָ֖ם | hid·dî·ḥām | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural | H5080 impel, thrust, banish |
| For I will return them | וַהֲשִֽׁבֹתִים֙ | wa·hă·ši·ḇō·ṯîm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| to | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| their land | אַדְמָתָ֔ם | ’aḏ·mā·ṯām | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H127 ground, land |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I gave | נָתַ֖תִּי | nā·ṯat·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| to their forefathers | לַאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ס | la·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H1 father |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 3:18 · Jeremiah 24:6 · Jeremiah 32:37 · Ezekiel 39:28 · Isaiah 11:11–16 · Ezekiel 36:24 · Amos 9:14 · Psalm 106:47 · Isaiah 14:1 · Deuteronomy 30:3–5 · Ezekiel 34:12–14 · Jeremiah 31:8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.