Jeremiah 31:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּבְכִ֣י יָבֹ֗אוּ וּֽבְתַחֲנוּנִים֮ אֽוֹבִילֵם֒ אֽוֹלִיכֵם֙ אֶל־נַ֣חֲלֵי מַ֔יִם בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יָשָׁ֔ר לֹ֥א יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ בָּ֑הּ כִּֽי־הָיִ֤יתִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְאָ֔ב וְאֶפְרַ֖יִם בְּכֹ֥רִי הֽוּא׃ ס

Transliteration

With bəkî yābōʾû and with taḥănûnîm ʾôbîlēm; ʾôlîkēm unto-naḥălê mayim, in derek yāšār not yikkāšəlû on it; for-hāyîtî to Yiśrāʾēl for ʾāb, and ʾEprayim bəkōrî he.

Grammar Details

• *bəkî*: noun, masculine singular - weeping
• *yābōʾû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will come
• *taḥănûnîm*: noun, masculine plural - supplications/entreaties
• *ʾôbîlēm*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I will lead them
• *ʾôlîkēm*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I will cause them to walk
• *naḥălê*: noun, masculine plural construct - streams/rivers
• *mayim*: noun, masculine plural - water
• *derek*: noun, masculine singular - way/path
• *yāšār*: adjective, masculine singular - straight/right
• *yikkāšəlû*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will stumble
• *hāyîtî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have been/become
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾāb*: noun, masculine singular - father
• *ʾEprayim*: proper noun - Ephraim
• *bəkōrî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my firstborn

Word Meanings

• *bəkî*: weeping/crying
• *yābōʾû*: they will come/arrive/enter
• *taḥănûnîm*: supplications/entreaties/pleas for mercy
• *ʾôbîlēm*: I will lead them/bring them/guide them
• *ʾôlîkēm*: I will cause them to walk/lead them/guide them
• *naḥălê*: streams/rivers/brooks
• *derek*: way/path/road/journey
• *yāšār*: straight/level/right/upright
• *yikkāšəlû*: they will stumble/totter/stagger
• *hāyîtî*: I have been/become/existed as
• *ʾāb*: father/ancestor/originator
• *bəkōrî*: my firstborn/my chief son

Referenced Verses

• Jer 3:4 : 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?
• Exod 4:22 : 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:
• Jer 50:4 : 4 In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God.
• Isa 63:13 : 13 that led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not?
• Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
• Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
• Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
• Ps 23:2 : 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters.
• Isa 35:6-8 : 6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. 7 And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. 8 [And a highway] [shall be there, and a way,] [and it shall be called] [The way] [of holiness;] [the unclean] [shall not pass over] [it; but is shall be for the redeemed]: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein].
• Isa 40:3-4 : 3 The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
• Isa 41:17-19 : 17 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. 18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil - tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together:
• Isa 43:16-19 : 16 Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; 17 who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick): 18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
• Isa 49:9-9 : 9 saying to them that are bound, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture. 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them. 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
• Isa 57:14 : 14 And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
• Ps 126:5-6 : 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves [with him].
• Deut 32:6 : 6 Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.
• 1 Chr 29:10 : 10 Wherefore David blessed Jehovah before all the assembly; and David said, Blessed be thou, O Jehovah, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
• Isa 63:16 : 16 For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.
• Ezek 34:12-14 : 12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 13 And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them with good pasture; and upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
• Dan 9:17-18 : 17 Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies' sake.
• Hos 12:4 : 4 yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,
• Matt 3:3 : 3 For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
• Matt 5:4 : 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
• Matt 6:9 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• Luke 3:4-6 : 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways {G1519} smooth; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
• Luke 6:21 : 21 Blessed [are] ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed [are] ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
• Rom 8:26 : 26 And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for [us] with groanings which cannot be uttered;
• 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
• 2 Cor 7:9-9 : 9 I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing. 10 For {G2596} godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.
• Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up {G5037} prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
• Heb 12:13 : 13 and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.
• Heb 12:23 : 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
• Rev 7:17 : 17 for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.