Jeremiah
Jeremiah 21:2
2“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzara king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”
Footnotes
- a 21:2 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant of Nebuchadnezzar (king of Babylon), which occurs frequently in Jeremiah. The latter spelling is used throughout Jeremiah for consistency.
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.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Please | נָ֤א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| inquire | דְּרָשׁ־ | də·rāš- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H1875 resort to, seek |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| on our behalf | בַעֲדֵ֙נוּ֙ | ḇa·‘ă·ḏê·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | H1157 separation |
| since | כִּ֛י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| Nebuchadnezzar | נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר | nə·ḇū·ḵaḏ·reṣ·ṣar | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H5019 Nebukadnetstsar, retstsar, retstsor |
| king | מֶֽלֶךְ־ | me·leḵ- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4428 king |
| of Babylon | בָּבֶ֖ל | bā·ḇel | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H894 Babel, Babylon |
| is waging war | נִלְחָ֣ם | nil·ḥām | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular | H3898 fight, do battle |
| against us | עָלֵ֑ינוּ | ‘ā·lê·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | H5921 height |
| Perhaps | אוּלַי֩ | ’ū·lay | Adverb | H194 peradventure, perhaps |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֤ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| will perform | יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה | ya·‘ă·śeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| for us | אוֹתָ֙נוּ֙ | ’ō·w·ṯā·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | H854 with |
| something like all | כְּכָל־ | kə·ḵāl- | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| His past wonders | נִפְלְאֹתָ֔יו | nip̄·lə·’ō·ṯāw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H6381 be surpassing, extraordinary |
| so that | וְיַעֲלֶ֖ה | wə·ya·‘ă·leh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| from us | מֵעָלֵֽינוּ׃ס | mê·‘ā·lê·nū | Preposition-m; first person common plural | H5921 height |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 37:3 · Ezekiel 20:1–3 · Jeremiah 37:7 · Jeremiah 42:4–6 · 1 Samuel 28:15 · 1 Samuel 28:6 · Psalm 44:1–4 · 1 Kings 14:2–3
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.