Jeremiah 4:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ר֧וּחַ מָלֵ֛א מֵאֵ֖לֶּה יָ֣בוֹא לִ֑י עַתָּ֕ה גַּם־אֲנִ֛י אֲדַבֵּ֥ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֖ים אוֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

Rûaḥ mālēʾ from ʾēlleh yābôʾ to me; ʿattāh also I ʾădabbēr mišpāṭîm ʾôtām

Grammar Details

*Rûaḥ*: feminine singular noun - wind/spirit
*mālēʾ*: adjective, masculine singular - full/stronger
*ʾēlleh*: common plural demonstrative pronoun - these
*yābôʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will come
*ʿattāh*: adverb - now
*ʾădabbēr*: piel imperfect, 1st common singular - I will speak/declare
*mišpāṭîm*: masculine plural noun - judgments
*ʾôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them

Word Meanings

*Rûaḥ*: wind/spirit/breath
*mālēʾ*: full/stronger/more powerful
*ʾēlleh*: these/those
*yābôʾ*: will come/enter/arrive
*ʿattāh*: now/at this time
*ʾădabbēr*: speak/declare/pronounce
*mišpāṭîm*: judgments/sentences/legal decisions

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 1:16 : 16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
Ezek 5:8 : 8 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I, even I, am against thee; and I will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
Ezek 6:11-13 : 11 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. 12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath upon them. 13 And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet savor to all their idols.
Ezek 7:8-9 : 8 Now will I shortly pour out my wrath upon thee, and accomplish mine anger against thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations. 9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring upon thee according to thy ways; and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, do smite.

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