Jeremiah 4:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַזְכִּ֣ירוּ לַגּוֹיִ֗ם הִנֵּה֙ הַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם נֹצְרִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ הַמֶּרְחָ֑ק וַֽיִּתְּנ֛וּ עַל־עָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה קוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

Hazkîrû to the gôyim, hinnēh hašmîʿû against Yərûšālaim, nōṣərîm bāʾîm from ʾereṣ the merḥāq, and yittənû against ʿārê Yəhûdāh their qôlām

Grammar Details

*Hazkîrû*: hiphil imperative, masculine plural - remind/mention
*gôyim*: masculine plural noun - nations
*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold/look
*hašmîʿû*: hiphil imperative, masculine plural - cause to hear/proclaim
*Yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*nōṣərîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - watchers/besiegers
*bāʾîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - coming
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular noun, construct - land of
*merḥāq*: masculine singular noun - distance/far country
*yittənû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + vav consecutive - they give/raise
*ʿārê*: feminine plural noun, construct - cities of
*Yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*qôlām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their voice

Word Meanings

*Hazkîrû*: remind/mention/proclaim
*gôyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples
*hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*hašmîʿû*: cause to hear/proclaim/announce
*nōṣərîm*: watchers/besiegers/guards
*bāʾîm*: coming/arriving/approaching
*ʾereṣ*: land/country/territory
*merḥāq*: distance/far country/far away
*yittənû*: give/raise/lift up
*ʿārê*: cities/towns
*qôlām*: their voice/sound/cry

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Referenced Verses

Jer 5:15 : 15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Ezek 21:22 : 22 In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
Isa 39:3 : 3 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.
Jer 2:15 : 15 The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
Jer 4:17 : 17 As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.
Jer 5:6 : 6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.
Jer 6:18 : 18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
Jer 16:6 : 6 Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;
Jer 31:10 : 10 Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Jer 39:1 : 1 And it came to pass when Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and besieged it;
Jer 50:2 : 2 Declare ye among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.
Deut 28:49-52 : 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; 50 a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young, 51 and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish. 52 And they shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land; and they shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.
Isa 34:1 : 1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof; the world, and all things that come forth from it.

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