Jeremiah
Jeremiah 26:4–6
4And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you, 5and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and againa even though you did not listen, 6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”
Footnotes
- a 26:5 Literally I have sent you, rising up early and sending (them),
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 26:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And you are to tell them | וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ | wə·’ā·mar·tā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| that | אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם | ’ă·lê·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | H413 motion to |
| this is what | כֹּ֖ה | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| If | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| you do not | לֹ֤א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| listen | תִשְׁמְעוּ֙ | ṯiš·mə·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H8085 hear |
| to Me | אֵלַ֔י | ’ê·lay | Preposition; first person common singular | H413 motion to |
| and walk | לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ | lā·le·ḵeṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1980 go, come, walk |
| in My law | בְּת֣וֹרָתִ֔י | bə·ṯō·w·rā·ṯî | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H8451 direction, instruction, law |
| which | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I have set | נָתַ֖תִּי | nā·ṯat·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| before you | לִפְנֵיכֶֽם׃ | lip̄·nê·ḵem | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H6440 face, before |
Jeremiah 26:5
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and | לִשְׁמֹ֗עַ | liš·mō·a‘ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H8085 hear |
| to | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the words | דִּבְרֵ֨י | diḇ·rê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1697 speech, word |
| of My servants | עֲבָדַ֣י | ‘ă·ḇā·ḏay | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| the prophets | הַנְּבִאִ֔ים | han·nə·ḇi·’îm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet |
| whom | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I | אָנֹכִ֖י | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| have sent | שֹׁלֵ֣חַ | šō·lê·aḥ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7971 send |
| you | אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם | ’ă·lê·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | H413 motion to |
| again | וְהַשְׁכֵּ֥ם | wə·haš·kêm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute | H7925 start, rise, early |
| and again | וְשָׁלֹ֖חַ | wə·šā·lō·aḥ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute | H7971 send |
| even though you did not | וְלֹ֥א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| listen | שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃ | šə·ma‘·tem | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural | H8085 hear |
Jeremiah 26:6
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| then I will make | וְנָתַתִּ֛י | wə·nā·ṯat·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| this | הַזֶּ֖ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| house | הַבַּ֥יִת | hab·ba·yiṯ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1004 house |
| like Shiloh | כְּשִׁלֹ֑ה | kə·ši·lōh | Preposition-k; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H7887 Shiloh |
| and | וְאֶת־ | wə·’eṯ- | Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker | H853 mark of the accusative |
| I will make | אֶתֵּ֣ן | ’et·tên | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| this | הַזֹּאתָה | haz·zō·ṯå̄h | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| city | הָעִ֤יר | hā·‘îr | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5892 excitement |
| an object of cursing | לִקְלָלָ֔ה | liq·lā·lāh | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular | H7045 curse |
| among all | לְכֹ֖ל | lə·ḵōl | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the nations | גּוֹיֵ֥י | gō·w·yê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1471 nation, people |
| of the earth | הָאָֽרֶץ׃ס | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 26:4 1 Kings 9:6 · Jeremiah 44:10 · Isaiah 1:20
Jeremiah 26:5 Jeremiah 11:7 · Jeremiah 7:13 · Ezra 9:11 · Jeremiah 25:3–4 · 2 Kings 9:7 · Jeremiah 7:25 · Revelation 11:18 · Zechariah 1:6 · Amos 3:7 · Ezekiel 38:17 · Daniel 9:6–10 · Revelation 10:7
Jeremiah 26:6 2 Kings 22:19 · Jeremiah 24:9 · Isaiah 65:15 · Jeremiah 25:18 · Psalm 78:60–64 · Jeremiah 7:12–14 · 1 Samuel 4:10–12 · Daniel 9:11 · 1 Samuel 4:19–22
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.