Jeremiah

Jeremiah 44:17–19

¹⁷Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.

At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster. ¹⁸But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”

¹⁹“Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”

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Jeremiah 44:17

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Instead	כִּ֩י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
we will do	עָשֹׂ֨ה	‘ā·śōh	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H6213 do, make
everything	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
we vowed	הַדָּבָ֣ר׀	had·dā·ḇār	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
to do	יָצָ֣א	yā·ṣā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
We will burn incense	לְקַטֵּ֞ר	lə·qaṭ·ṭêr	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
to the Queen	לִמְלֶ֣כֶת	lim·le·ḵeṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct	H4446 queen
of Heaven	הַשָּׁמַיִם֮	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and offer	וְהַסֵּֽיךְ־	wə·has·sêḵ-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute	H5258 pour out
drink offerings	נְסָכִים֒	nə·sā·ḵîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5262 drink-offering
to her	לָ֣הּ	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
just as	כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
we	אֲנַ֤חְנוּ	’ă·naḥ·nū	Pronoun - first person common plural	H587 we
our fathers	וַאֲבֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙	wa·’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H1 father
our kings	מְלָכֵ֣ינוּ	mə·lā·ḵê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H4428 king
and our officials	וְשָׂרֵ֔ינוּ	wə·śā·rê·nū	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince
did	עָשִׂ֜ינוּ	‘ā·śî·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H6213 do, make
in the cities	בְּעָרֵ֣י	bə·‘ā·rê	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct	H5892 excitement
of Judah	יְהוּדָ֔ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
and in the streets	וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת	ū·ḇə·ḥu·ṣō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H2351 the outside
of Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
At that time we had plenty	וַנִּֽשְׂבַּֽע־	wan·niś·ba‘-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
of food	לֶ֙חֶם֙	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food
and good things	טוֹבִ֔ים	ṭō·w·ḇîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
and we saw	רָאִֽינוּ׃	rā·’î·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H7200 see
no	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
disaster	וְרָעָ֖ה	wə·rā·‘āh	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - feminine singular	H7451 bad, evil

Jeremiah 44:18

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But from the time	וּמִן־	ū·min-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
we stopped	חָדַ֜לְנוּ	ḥā·ḏal·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H2308 cease
burning incense	לְקַטֵּ֨ר	lə·qaṭ·ṭêr	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
to the Queen	לִמְלֶ֧כֶת	lim·le·ḵeṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct	H4446 queen
of Heaven	הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and pouring out	וְהַסֵּֽךְ־	wə·has·sêḵ-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute	H5258 pour out
drink offerings	נְסָכִ֖ים	nə·sā·ḵîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5262 drink-offering
to her	לָ֥הּ	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
we have lacked	חָסַ֣רְנוּ	ḥā·sar·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H2637 lack, need, be lacking, decrease
everything	כֹ֑ל	ḵōl	Noun - masculine singular	H3605 the whole, all
and have been perishing	תָּֽמְנוּ׃	tā·mə·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H8552 be complete, finished
by sword	וּבַחֶ֥רֶב	ū·ḇa·ḥe·reḇ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword
and famine	וּבָרָעָ֖ב	ū·ḇā·rā·‘āḇ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger

Jeremiah 44:19

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Moreover	וְכִֽי־	wə·ḵî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
we	אֲנַ֤חְנוּ	’ă·naḥ·nū	Pronoun - first person common plural	H587 we
burned incense	מְקַטְּרִים֙	mə·qaṭ·ṭə·rîm	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
to the Queen	לִמְלֶ֣כֶת	lim·le·ḵeṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct	H4446 queen
of Heaven	הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and poured out	וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְ	ū·lə·has·sêḵ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5258 pour out
drink offerings	נְסָכִ֑ים	nə·sā·ḵîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5262 drink-offering
to her	לָ֖הּ	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
was it without	הֲמִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י	hă·mib·bal·‘ă·ḏê	Preposition; Preposition	H1107 apart from, except, without
our husbands’	אֲנָשֵׁ֗ינוּ	’ă·nā·šê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H582 man, mankind
that we made	עָשִׂ֨ינוּ	‘ā·śî·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H6213 do, make
sacrificial cakes	כַּוָּנִים֙	kaw·wā·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3561 cake, sacrificial cake
in her image	לְהַ֣עֲצִבָ֔ה	lə·ha·‘ă·ṣi·ḇāh	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular	H6087 hurt, pain, grieve
and poured out	וְהַסֵּ֥ךְ	wə·has·sêḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute	H5258 pour out
drink offerings	נְסָכִֽים׃פ	nə·sā·ḵîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5262 drink-offering
to her	לָ֖הּ	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular

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Jeremiah 44:17 Jeremiah 7:18 · Nehemiah 9:34 · Philippians 3:19 · Jeremiah 44:21 · Ezekiel 20:8 · Exodus 16:3 · Jeremiah 44:25 · Deuteronomy 23:23 · 2 Kings 17:16 · Hosea 2:5–9 · Numbers 30:12 · Judges 11:36

Jeremiah 44:18 Malachi 3:13–15 · Numbers 11:5–6 · Job 21:14–15 · Jeremiah 40:12

Jeremiah 44:19 Jeremiah 7:18 · Jeremiah 44:15

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