Jeremiah 23:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲל֨וֹא כֹ֧ה דְבָרִ֛י כָּאֵ֖שׁ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וּכְפַטִּ֖ישׁ יְפֹ֥צֵֽץ סָֽלַע׃ ס

Transliteration

Hălôʾ thus dəbārî like-ʾēš, nəʾum-YHWH, and-like-paṭṭîš yəpōṣēṣ sālaʿ?

Grammar Details

*Hălôʾ*: interrogative particle - is not
*dəbārî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my word
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire
*nəʾum*: noun, masculine singular construct - declaration of
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*paṭṭîš*: noun, masculine singular - hammer
*yəpōṣēṣ*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - shatters/breaks in pieces
*sālaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - rock/cliff

Word Meanings

*dəbārî*: my word/my speech/my message
*ʾēš*: fire/flame
*paṭṭîš*: hammer/sledgehammer
*yəpōṣēṣ*: shatters/breaks in pieces/smashes
*sālaʿ*: rock/cliff/crag

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Referenced Verses

Jer 5:14 : 14 Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Jer 20:9 : 9 And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot [contain].
2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Rev 11:5 : 5 And if any man desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies; and if any man shall desire to hurt them, in this manner must he be killed.
Luke 24:32 : 32 And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, {G2532} while he opened to us the scriptures?
John 6:63 : 63 It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.
Acts 2:3 : 3 And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.
Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when they heard [this,] they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, {G435} Brethren, what shall we do?
2 Cor 2:16 : 16 to the one {G3303} a savor from death unto death; {G1161} to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

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