Jeremiah 1:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith Jehovah; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י ׀ הִנְנִ֣י קֹרֵ֗א לְכָֽל־מִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת מַמְלְכ֥וֹת צָפ֖וֹנָה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וּבָ֡אוּ וְֽנָתְנוּ֩ אִ֨ישׁ כִּסְא֜וֹ פֶּ֣תַח ׀ שַׁעֲרֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם וְעַ֤ל כָּל־חוֹמֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ סָבִ֔יב וְעַ֖ל כָּל־עָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

Transliteration

Because hinnĕnî qōrēʾ to-all-mišpĕḥôt mamlĕkôt ṣāpônāh nĕʾum-YHWH and-bāʾû and-nātĕnû ʾîš kisʾô petaḥ šaʿărê Yĕrûšālaim and-upon all-ḥômōtêhā sābîb and-upon all-ʿārê Yĕhûdāh

Grammar Details

• *hinnĕnî*: demonstrative particle with 1st person singular suffix - behold me
• *qōrēʾ*: Qal participle masculine singular - calling
• *mišpĕḥôt*: plural noun construct - families/clans of
• *mamlĕkôt*: plural noun construct - kingdoms of
• *ṣāpônāh*: singular noun with directional he - northward
• *nĕʾum*: construct singular - declaration of
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *bāʾû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they will come
• *nātĕnû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they will set
• *ʾîš*: singular noun - each man
• *kisʾô*: singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his throne
• *petaḥ*: construct singular - entrance of
• *šaʿărê*: plural noun construct - gates of
• *Yĕrûšālaim*: proper name - Jerusalem
• *ḥômōtêhā*: plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her walls
• *sābîb*: adverb - around/surrounding
• *ʿārê*: plural noun construct - cities of
• *Yĕhûdāh*: proper name - Judah

Word Meanings

• *hinnĕnî*: behold me/look, I am/here I am
• *qōrēʾ*: calling/summoning/proclaiming
• *mišpĕḥôt*: families/clans/tribes
• *nātĕnû*: they will set/they will place/they will establish
• *kisʾô*: his throne/his seat of authority
• *sābîb*: around/all around/on every side

Referenced Verses

• Jer 4:16 : 16 make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
• Jer 25:9 : 9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and [I will send] unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
• Jer 39:3 : 3 that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, [to wit], Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
• Jer 9:11 : 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
• Jer 43:10 : 10 and say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
• Isa 22:7 : 7 And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
• Deut 28:49-53 : 49 Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 50 a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young, 51 and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish. 52 And they shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land; and they shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee. 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee.
• Jer 5:15 : 15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
• Jer 6:22 : 22 Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
• Jer 25:28 : 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall surely drink.
• Jer 25:31-32 : 31 A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah. 32 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
• Jer 33:10 : 10 Thus saith Jehovah: Yet again there shall be heard in this place, whereof ye say, It is waste, without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast,
• Jer 34:22 : 22 Behold, I will command, saith Jehovah, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
• Jer 44:6 : 6 Wherefore my wrath and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.
• Lam 5:11 : 11 They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
• Jer 10:22 : 22 The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.
• Jer 10:25 : 25 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.