Jeremiah
Jeremiah 46:15–17
15Why have your warriors been laid low?
They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.
16They continue to stumble;
indeed, they have fallen over one another.
They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people
and to the land of our birth,
away from the sword of the oppressor.’
17There they will cry out:
‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise;
he has let the appointed time pass him by.’
Word by word
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Jeremiah 46:15
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | מַדּ֖וּעַ | mad·dū·a‘ | Interrogative | H4069 wherefore? |
| have your warriors | אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ | ’ab·bî·re·ḵā | Adjective - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H47 mighty, valiant |
| been laid low | נִסְחַ֣ף | nis·ḥap̄ | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5502 prostrate |
| They cannot | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| stand | עָמַ֔ד | ‘ā·maḏ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5975 take one's stand, stand |
| for | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| has thrust them down | הֲדָפֽוֹ׃ | hă·ḏā·p̄ōw | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H1920 thrust |
Jeremiah 46:16
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| They continue | הִרְבָּ֖ה | hir·bāh | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| to stumble | כּוֹשֵׁ֑ל | kō·wō·šêl | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H3782 stumble, stagger, totter |
| indeed | גַּם־ | gam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| have fallen | נָפַ֞ל | nā·p̄al | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5307 fall, lie |
| over | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| one another | רֵעֵ֗הוּ | rê·‘ê·hū | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H7453 shouting, roar |
| They say | וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ | way·yō·mə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| Get up | ק֣וּמָה׀ | qū·māh | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H6965 arise, stand up, stand |
| Let us return | וְנָשֻׁ֣בָה | wə·nā·šu·ḇāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| our people | עַמֵּ֗נוּ | ‘am·mê·nū | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural | H5971 people |
| and to | וְאֶל־ | wə·’el- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the land | אֶ֙רֶץ֙ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of our birth | מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔נוּ | mō·w·laḏ·tê·nū | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common plural | H4138 nativity, lineage, native country |
| away from | מִפְּנֵ֖י | mip·pə·nê | Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| the sword | חֶ֥רֶב | ḥe·reḇ | Noun - feminine singular | H2719 sword |
| of the oppressor | הַיּוֹנָֽה׃ | hay·yō·w·nāh | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H3238 suppress (?), oppress, maltreat |
Jeremiah 46:17
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| There | שָׁ֑ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| they will cry out | קָרְא֖וּ | qā·rə·’ū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| Pharaoh | פַּרְעֹ֤ה | par·‘ōh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6547 Pharaoh |
| king | מֶֽלֶךְ־ | me·leḵ- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4428 king |
| of Egypt | מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ | miṣ·ra·yim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4714 Egypt, Egyptians |
| was all noise | שָׁא֔וֹן | šā·’ō·wn | Noun - masculine singular | H7588 roar |
| he has let the appointed time | הַמּוֹעֵֽד׃ | ham·mō·w·‘êḏ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4150 appointed time, place, meeting |
| pass him by | הֶעֱבִ֖יר | he·‘ĕ·ḇîr | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 46:15 Isaiah 66:15–16 · Psalm 68:2 · Jeremiah 46:5 · Psalm 18:14 · Psalm 18:39
Jeremiah 46:16 Leviticus 26:36–37 · Jeremiah 51:9
Jeremiah 46:17 Isaiah 19:11–16 · 1 Kings 20:10 · Exodus 15:9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.