Jeremiah 4:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֗יא יֵאָמֵ֤ר לָֽעָם־הַזֶּה֙ וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם ר֣וּחַ צַ֤ח שְׁפָיִים֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר דֶּ֖רֶךְ בַּת־עַמִּ֑י ל֥וֹא לִזְר֖וֹת וְל֥וֹא לְהָבַֽר׃

Transliteration

In the ʿēt hahîʾ yēʾāmēr to ʿām-the zeh and to Yərûšālaim, rûaḥ ṣaḥ šəpāyîm in the midbār, dereḵ bat-ʿammî, not to lizrôt and not to lhābar

Grammar Details

*ʿēt*: feminine singular noun, construct - time of
*hahîʾ*: feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - that
*yēʾāmēr*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be said
*ʿām*: masculine singular noun - people
*zeh*: masculine singular demonstrative pronoun - this
*Yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*rûaḥ*: feminine singular noun - wind/spirit
*ṣaḥ*: masculine singular adjective - clear/scorching
*šəpāyîm*: masculine plural noun - bare heights/barren hills
*midbār*: masculine singular noun - wilderness/desert
*dereḵ*: masculine singular noun, construct - way of
*bat*: feminine singular noun, construct - daughter of
*ʿammî*: masculine singular noun with 1st singular suffix - my people
*lizrôt*: qal infinitive construct - to winnow
*lhābar*: qal infinitive construct - to cleanse

Word Meanings

*ʿēt*: time/season/moment
*hahîʾ*: that/this
*yēʾāmēr*: will be said/spoken/declared
*rûaḥ*: wind/spirit/breath
*ṣaḥ*: clear/scorching/dry
*šəpāyîm*: bare heights/barren hills/mountaintops
*midbār*: wilderness/desert/uncultivated region
*dereḵ*: way/path/road
*bat*: daughter/girl/female
*ʿammî*: my people/my nation
*lizrôt*: to winnow/separate/scatter
*lhābar*: to cleanse/clean/purify

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 17:10 : 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.
Hos 13:15 : 15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the breath of Jehovah coming up from the wilderness; and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall make spoil of the treasure of all goodly vessels.
Matt 3:12 : 12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
Luke 3:17 : 17 whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
Ezek 19:12 : 12 But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.
Hos 13:3 : 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Isa 22:4 : 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Isa 27:8 : 8 In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed [them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
Isa 41:16 : 16 Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 64:6 : 6 For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Jer 8:19 : 19 Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: Is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?
Jer 9:1 : 1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Jer 9:7 : 7 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
Jer 14:17 : 17 And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
Jer 23:19 : 19 Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.
Jer 30:23-24 : 23 Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked. 24 The fierce anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it.
Jer 51:1-2 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb - kamai, a destroying wind. 2 And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
Lam 2:11 : 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Lam 3:48 : 48 Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Lam 4:3 : 3 Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Lam 4:6 : 6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon her.
Lam 4:10 : 10 The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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