Jeremiah
Jeremiah 25:29
29For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּי֩ | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| behold | הִנֵּ֨ה | hin·nêh | Interjection | H2009 lo! behold! |
| I | אָֽנֹכִי֙ | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| am beginning | מֵחֵ֣ל | mê·ḥêl | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H2490 bore, pierce |
| to bring disaster | לְהָרַ֔ע | lə·hā·ra‘ | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H7489 be evil, bad |
| on the city | בָעִ֜יר | ḇā·‘îr | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5892 excitement |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| bears | נִֽקְרָא־ | niq·rā- | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| My Name | שְׁמִ֣י | šə·mî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H8034 name |
| so how could you | וְאַתֶּ֖ם | wə·’at·tem | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine plural | H859 thou |
| possibly go unpunished | הִנָּקֵ֣ה | hin·nā·qêh | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute | H5352 be empty(?), clean |
| You will not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| go unpunished | תִנָּק֔וּ | ṯin·nā·qū | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H5352 be empty(?), clean |
| for | כִּ֣י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I | אֲנִ֤י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| am calling down | קֹרֵא֙ | qō·rê | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| a sword | חֶ֗רֶב | ḥe·reḇ | Noun - feminine singular | H2719 sword |
| upon | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the inhabitants | יֹשְׁבֵ֣י | yō·šə·ḇê | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| of the earth | הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| declares | נְאֻ֖ם | nə·’um | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5002 utterance |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| of Hosts | צְבָאֽוֹת׃ | ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ | Noun - common plural | H6635 army, war, warfare |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 38:21 · Proverbs 11:31 · 1 Peter 4:17 · 1 Kings 8:43 · Ezekiel 9:6 · Obadiah 1:16 · Jeremiah 49:12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.