Jeremiah

Jeremiah 9:13–16

¹³And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice. ¹⁴Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”

¹⁵Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink. ¹⁶I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”

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Jeremiah 9:13

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
answered	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
It is because	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
they have forsaken	עָזְבָם֙	‘ā·zə·ḇām	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
My law	תּ֣וֹרָתִ֔י	tō·w·rā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H8451 direction, instruction, law
which	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
I set	נָתַ֖תִּי	nā·ṯat·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
before them	לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם	lip̄·nê·hem	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6440 face, before
they have not	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
walked	הָ֥לְכוּ	hā·lə·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1980 go, come, walk
in it	בָֽהּ׃	ḇāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
obeyed	שָׁמְע֥וּ	šā·mə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8085 hear
My voice	בְקוֹלִ֖י	ḇə·qō·w·lî	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6963 sound, voice

Jeremiah 9:14

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Instead	וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ	way·yê·lə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
they have followed	וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ	way·yê·lə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
the stubbornness	שְׁרִר֣וּת	šə·ri·rūṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8307 firmness
of their hearts	לִבָּ֑ם	lib·bām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
and gone after	וְאַחֲרֵי֙	wə·’a·ḥă·rê	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H310 behind
the Baals	הַבְּעָלִ֔ים	hab·bə·‘ā·lîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1168 owner, lord
as	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
their fathers	אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ס	’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1 father
taught them	לִמְּד֖וּם	lim·mə·ḏūm	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural; third person masculine plural	H3925 exercise in, learn

Jeremiah 9:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Therefore	לָכֵ֗ן	lā·ḵên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
this is what	כֹּֽה־	kōh-	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
the LORD	יְהוָ֤ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
of Hosts	צְבָאוֹת֙	ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H6635 army, war, warfare
the God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י	’ĕ·lō·hê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H430 God
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
says	אָמַ֞ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Behold	הִנְנִ֧י	hin·nî	Interjection; first person common singular	H2005 lo! behold
I will feed	מַאֲכִילָ֛ם	ma·’ă·ḵî·lām	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H398 eat
this	הַזֶּ֖ה	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
people	הָעָ֥ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
wormwood	לַֽעֲנָ֑ה	la·‘ă·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H3939 wormwood
and give them poisoned	רֹֽאשׁ׃	rōš	Noun - masculine singular	H7219 head
water	מֵי־	mê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4325 water, juice, urine
to drink	וְהִשְׁקִיתִ֖ים	wə·hiš·qî·ṯîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H8248 quaff, irrigate, furnish a potion to

Jeremiah 9:16

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will scatter them	וַהֲפִֽצוֹתִים֙	wa·hă·p̄i·ṣō·w·ṯîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H6327 be dispersed, scattered
among the nations	בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם	bag·gō·w·yim	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
that	אֲשֶׁר֙	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
neither	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
they	הֵ֖מָּה	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
their fathers	וַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑ם	wa·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1 father
have known	יָֽדְע֔וּ	yā·ḏə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know
and I will send	וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י	wə·šil·laḥ·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H7971 send
a sword	הַחֶ֔רֶב	ha·ḥe·reḇ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword
after	אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙	’a·ḥă·rê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H310 behind
them	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
until	עַ֥ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
I have finished them off	כַּלּוֹתִ֖י	kal·lō·w·ṯî	Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent