Jeremiah
Jeremiah 6:21
21Therefore this is what the LORD says:
“I will lay stumbling blocks before this people;
fathers and sons alike will be staggered;
friends and neighbors will perish.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therefore | לָכֵ֗ן | lā·ḵên | Adverb | H3651 right, veritable, honest |
| this is what | כֹּ֚ה | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I will lay | נֹתֵ֛ן | nō·ṯên | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| stumbling blocks | מִכְשֹׁלִ֑ים | miḵ·šō·lîm | Noun - masculine plural | H4383 a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block |
| before | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| this | הַזֶּ֖ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| people | הָעָ֥ם | hā·‘ām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| fathers | אָב֨וֹת | ’ā·ḇō·wṯ | Noun - masculine plural | H1 father |
| and sons | וּבָנִ֥ים | ū·ḇā·nîm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural | H1121 son |
| alike | יַחְדָּ֛ו | yaḥ·dāw | Adverb | H3162 unitedness |
| will be staggered | וְכָ֣שְׁלוּ | wə·ḵā·šə·lū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H3782 stumble, stagger, totter |
| friends | וְרֵע֖וֹ | wə·rê·‘ōw | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H7453 shouting, roar |
| and neighbors | שָׁכֵ֥ן | šā·ḵên | Noun - masculine singular | H7934 inhabitant, neighbour |
| will perish | יֹאבֵדוּ׃פ | yō·ḇē·ḏū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H6 perish |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 8:14 · Ezekiel 3:20 · Jeremiah 13:16 · Isaiah 9:14–17
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.