Jeremiah

Jeremiah 29:17

17this is what the LORD of Hosts says:

“I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.

Read all of Jeremiah 29

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.

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
this is whatכֹּ֤הkōhAdverbH3541 thus, here
the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
of Hostsצְבָא֔וֹתṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯNoun - common pluralH6635 army, war, warfare
saysאָמַר֙’ā·marVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
I will sendמְשַׁלֵּ֣חַmə·šal·lê·aḥVerb - Piel - Participle - masculine singularH7971 send
against themבָּ֔םbāmPreposition; third person masculine plural
swordהַחֶ֖רֶבha·ḥe·reḇArticle; Noun - feminine singularH2719 sword
and famineהָרָעָ֣בhā·rā·‘āḇArticle; Noun - masculine singularH7458 famine, hunger
and plagueהַדָּ֑בֶרhad·dā·ḇerArticle; Noun - masculine singularH1698 pestilence
and I will makeוְנָתַתִּ֣יwə·nā·ṯat·tîConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularH5414 give, put, set
themאוֹתָ֗ם’ō·w·ṯāmDirect object marker; third person masculine pluralH853 mark of the accusative
like rottenהַשֹּׁ֣עָרִ֔יםhaš·šō·‘ā·rîmArticle; Adjective - masculine pluralH8182 horrid, disgusting
figsכַּתְּאֵנִים֙kat·tə·’ê·nîmPreposition-k, Article; Noun - feminine pluralH8384 fig
so badמֵרֹֽעַ׃mê·rō·a‘Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singularH7455 badness, evil
they cannotלֹא־lō-Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
be eatenתֵאָכַ֖לְנָהṯê·’ā·ḵal·nāhVerb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine pluralH398 eat

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 24:8–10 · Jeremiah 29:18

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.