Jeremiah 11:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For Jehovah of hosts, who planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense unto Baal.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ הַנּוֹטֵ֣עַ אוֹתָ֔ךְ דִּבֶּ֥ר עָלַ֖יִךְ רָעָ֑ה בִּ֠גְלַל רָעַ֨ת בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל וּבֵ֣ית יְהוּדָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם לְהַכְעִסֵ֖נִי לְקַטֵּ֥ר לַבָּֽעַל׃

Transliteration

And-yhwh ṣĕbāʾôt hannôṭēaʿ you dibbēr against-you rāʿāh because-of rāʿat bêt-yiśrāʾēl and-bêt-yĕhûdāh which ʿāśû to-themselves to-hakʿîsēnî to-qaṭṭēr to-baʿal.

Grammar Details

*yhwh*: proper noun - YHWH/LORD
*ṣĕbāʾôt*: noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies
*hannôṭēaʿ*: definite Qal participle, masculine singular - the one planting
*dibbēr*: Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he spoke/pronounced
*rāʿāh*: noun, feminine singular - evil/disaster
*rāʿat*: noun, feminine singular construct - evil of
*bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*yĕhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*ʿāśû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they did
*hakʿîsēnî*: Hiphil infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - to provoke me
*qaṭṭēr*: Piel infinitive construct - to burn incense
*baʿal*: proper noun - Baal

Word Meanings

*yhwh ṣĕbāʾôt*: YHWH of hosts/LORD of armies
*hannôṭēaʿ*: the one planting/the one who planted/the planter
*dibbēr rāʿāh*: pronounced disaster/decreed calamity/spoken evil
*hakʿîsēnî*: to provoke me/to anger me/to vex me
*qaṭṭēr*: to burn incense/to offer sacrifice/to make offerings

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Referenced Verses

Isa 5:2 : 2 and he digged it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Jer 2:21 : 21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?
Jer 12:2 : 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their heart.
Jer 19:15 : 15 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.
Jer 24:6 : 6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
Jer 26:13 : 13 Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
Jer 26:19 : 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? did he not fear Jehovah, and entreat the favor of Jehovah, and Jehovah repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.
Jer 35:17 : 17 therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.
Jer 36:7 : 7 It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people.
Jer 40:2 : 2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place;
Jer 42:10 : 10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
Jer 45:4 : 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
Ezek 17:5 : 5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.
Jer 7:9 : 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,
Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry unto me, but I will not hearken unto them.
Isa 61:3 : 3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
2 Sam 7:10 : 10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,
Ps 44:2 : 2 Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad.
Ps 80:8 : 8 Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.
Ps 80:15 : 15 And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Jer 16:10-11 : 10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath Jehovah pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Jehovah our God? 11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
Jer 18:8 : 8 if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

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