Jeremiah 4:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ כַּעֲנָנִ֣ים יַעֲלֶ֗ה וְכַסּוּפָה֙ מַרְכְּבוֹתָ֔יו קַלּ֥וּ מִנְּשָׁרִ֖ים סוּסָ֑יו א֥וֹי לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י שֻׁדָּֽדְנוּ׃

Transliteration

Hinnēh like ʿănānîm yaʿăleh, and like the sûpāh his markəbôtāyw, qallû than nəšārîm his sûsāyw; ʾôy to us for šuddādnû

Grammar Details

*Hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold/look
*ʿănānîm*: masculine plural noun - clouds
*yaʿăleh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will come up/ascend
*sûpāh*: feminine singular noun - storm/whirlwind
*markəbôtāyw*: feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his chariots
*qallû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are swifter
*nəšārîm*: masculine plural noun - eagles
*sûsāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his horses
*ʾôy*: interjection - woe/alas
*šuddādnû*: pual perfect, 1st common plural - we are devastated

Word Meanings

*Hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*ʿănānîm*: clouds/cloud masses
*yaʿăleh*: come up/ascend/rise
*sûpāh*: storm/whirlwind/tempest
*markəbôtāyw*: his chariots/war vehicles
*qallû*: are swifter/lighter/faster
*nəšārîm*: eagles/large birds of prey
*sûsāyw*: his horses/steeds
*ʾôy*: woe/alas/ah!
*šuddādnû*: we are devastated/ruined/destroyed

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Referenced Verses

Isa 5:28 : 28 whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind:
Lam 4:19 : 19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Isa 19:1 : 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
Isa 66:15 : 15 For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Hab 1:8 : 8 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.
Nah 1:3 : 3 Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty]: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Deut 28:49 : 49 Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
Nah 2:3-4 : 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress [spears] are brandished. 4 The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.
Matt 24:30 : 30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Rev 1:7 : 7 Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
Jer 4:31 : 31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands, [saying], Woe is me now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.
Jer 10:19 : 19 Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.
Dan 7:4 : 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it.
Hos 8:1 : 1 [Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle [he cometh] against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Isa 13:5 : 5 They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

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