Jeremiah
Jeremiah 31:36
36“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence,
declares the LORD,
would Israel’s descendants ever cease
to be a nation before Me.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Only if | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| this | הָאֵ֛לֶּה | hā·’êl·leh | Article; Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| fixed order | הַחֻקִּ֥ים | ha·ḥuq·qîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H2706 something prescribed, a statute or due |
| departed | יָמֻ֜שׁוּ | yā·mu·šū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H4185 depart, remove |
| from My presence | מִלְּפָנַ֖י | mil·lə·p̄ā·nay | Preposition-m, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H6440 face, before |
| declares | נְאֻם־ | nə·’um- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5002 utterance |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| would Israel’s | יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| descendants | זֶ֨רַע | ze·ra‘ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| ever | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| cease | יִשְׁבְּת֗וּ | yiš·bə·ṯū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H7673 cease, desist, rest |
| to be | מִֽהְי֥וֹת | mih·yō·wṯ | Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a nation | גּ֛וֹי | gō·w | Noun - masculine singular | H1471 nation, people |
| before Me | לְפָנַ֖י | lə·p̄ā·nay | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H6440 face, before |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 33:20–26 · Psalm 89:36–37 · Isaiah 54:9–10 · Psalm 148:6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.