Jeremiah

Jeremiah 18:20–21

²⁰Should good be repaid with evil?

Yet they have dug a pit for me.

Remember how I stood before You

to speak good on their behalf,

to turn Your wrath from them.

²¹Therefore, hand their children over to famine;

pour out the power of the sword upon them.

Let their wives become childless and widowed;

let their husbands be slain by disease,

their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

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Jeremiah 18:20

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Should good	טוֹבָה֙	ṭō·w·ḇāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
be repaid	הַיְשֻׁלַּ֤ם	hay·šul·lam	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7999 be complete, sound
with	תַּֽחַת־	ta·ḥaṯ-	Preposition	H8478 the under part
evil	רָעָ֔ה	rā·‘āh	Adjective - feminine singular	H7451 bad, evil
Yet	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they have dug	כָר֥וּ	ḵā·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3738 dig
a pit	שׁוּחָ֖ה	šū·ḥāh	Noun - feminine singular	H7745 pit
for me	לְנַפְשִׁ֑י	lə·nap̄·šî	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
Remember	זְכֹ֣ר׀	zə·ḵōr	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2142 remember
how I stood	עָמְדִ֣י	‘ā·mə·ḏî	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H5975 take one's stand, stand
before You	לְפָנֶ֗יךָ	lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
to speak	לְדַבֵּ֤ר	lə·ḏab·bêr	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H1696 speak
good	טוֹבָ֔ה	ṭō·w·ḇāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
on their behalf	עֲלֵיהֶם֙	‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
to turn	לְהָשִׁ֥יב	lə·hā·šîḇ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H7725 turn back, return
Your wrath	חֲמָתְךָ֖	ḥă·mā·ṯə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2534 heat, rage
from them	מֵהֶֽם׃	mê·hem	Preposition-m; Pronoun - third person masculine plural

Jeremiah 18:21

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Therefore	לָכֵן֩	lā·ḵên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
hand their children	בְּנֵיהֶ֜ם	bə·nê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1121 son
over	תֵּ֨ן	tên	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
to famine	לָרָעָ֗ב	lā·rā·‘āḇ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger
pour out	וְהַגִּרֵם֮	wə·hag·gi·rêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H5064 pour, flow, run
the power	יְדֵי־	yə·ḏê-	Noun - feminine dual construct	H3027 hand
of the sword	חֶרֶב֒	ḥe·reḇ	Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword
upon them	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
Let their wives	נְשֵׁיהֶ֤ם	nə·šê·hem	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H802 woman, wife, female
become	וְתִֽהְיֶ֨נָה	wə·ṯih·ye·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
childless	שַׁכֻּלוֹת֙	šak·ku·lō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H7909 bereaved, robbed of offspring
and widowed	וְאַלְמָנ֔וֹת	wə·’al·mā·nō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H490 widow
let their husbands	וְאַ֨נְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם	wə·’an·šê·hem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H582 man, mankind
be slain	הֲרֻ֣גֵי	hă·ru·ḡê	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct	H2026 kill, slay
by disease	מָ֑וֶת	mā·weṯ	Noun - masculine singular	H4194 death
their young men	בַּח֣וּרֵיהֶ֔ם	ba·ḥū·rê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H970 young man
struck down	מֻכֵּי־	muk·kê-	Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H5221 smite
by the sword	חֶ֖רֶב	ḥe·reḇ	Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword
in battle	בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃	bam·mil·ḥā·māh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4421 battle, war

Cross-references

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Jeremiah 18:20 Psalm 35:7 · Psalm 57:6 · Psalm 106:23 · 1 Samuel 24:17–19 · Psalm 35:12 · Psalm 119:95 · Jeremiah 18:22 · Psalm 109:4–5 · Proverbs 26:27 · Ecclesiastes 10:8 · Genesis 18:22–32 · Zechariah 3:1–2

Jeremiah 18:21 Psalm 109:9–20 · Jeremiah 15:8 · Deuteronomy 32:25 · Jeremiah 16:3–4 · Exodus 22:24 · Lamentations 5:3 · Jeremiah 9:21 · Amos 4:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.