Jeremiah 12:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֗ה אַֽחֲרֵי֙ נָתְשִׁ֣י אוֹתָ֔ם אָשׁ֖וּב וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֑ים וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֛ים אִ֥ישׁ לְנַחֲלָת֖וֹ וְאִ֥ישׁ לְאַרְצֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wə-hāyāh after-my-nātəšî them I-will-ʾāšûb wə-riḥamtîm wa-I-will-hăšibōtîm ʾîš to-his-naḥălātô wə-ʾîš to-his-ʾarṣô

Grammar Details

*wə*: conjunction - and
*hāyāh*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be
*nātəšî*: verb, Qal infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - my plucking up
*ʾāšûb*: verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will return
*riḥamtîm*: verb, Piel perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I will have compassion on them
*wa*: conjunction - and
*hăšibōtîm*: verb, Hiphil perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I will bring them back
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man/each one
*naḥălātô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his inheritance
*ʾarṣô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his land

Word Meanings

*nātəšî*: plucking up/uprooting
*ʾāšûb*: return/turn back/relent
*riḥamtîm*: have compassion on them/show mercy to them
*hăšibōtîm*: bring them back/return them/restore them

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Referenced Verses

Jer 49:6 : 6 But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith Jehovah.
Jer 48:47 : 47 Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
Jer 49:39 : 39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, saith Jehovah.
Amos 9:14 : 14 And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Deut 30:3 : 3 that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.
Isa 23:17-18 : 17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. 18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
Num 32:18 : 18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
Deut 3:20 : 20 until Jehovah give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth them beyond the Jordan: then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

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