Jeremiah 43:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִצַּ֣תִּי אֵ֗שׁ בְּבָתֵּי֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י מִצְרַ֔יִם וּשְׂרָפָ֖ם וְשָׁבָ֑ם וְעָטָה֩ אֶת־אֶ֨רֶץ מִצְרַ֜יִם כַּאֲשֶׁר־יַעְטֶ֤ה הָֽרֹעֶה֙ אֶת־בִּגְד֔וֹ וְיָצָ֥א מִשָּׁ֖ם בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

And I will kindle wə-hiṣṣattî ʾēš in bə-bāttê ʾĕlōhê Miṣrayim and he will burn them û-śərāpām and he will take them captive wə-šābām, and he will wrap wə-ʿāṭāh ʾet-ʾereṣ Miṣrayim as ka-ʾăšer-wraps yaʿṭeh the hā-rōʿeh ʾet-his bigdô, and he will go out wə-yāṣāʾ from there mišām in bə-šālôm.

Grammar Details

• *wə-hiṣṣattî*: conjunction + verb, perfect, 1st person singular, Hiphil - and I will kindle
• *ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire
• *bə-bāttê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - in the houses of
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - gods of
• *Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *û-śərāpām*: conjunction + verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he will burn them
• *wə-šābām*: conjunction + verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he will take them captive
• *wə-ʿāṭāh*: conjunction + verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will wrap
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *ka-ʾăšer*: preposition + relative pronoun - as/like
• *yaʿṭeh*: verb, imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - wraps
• *hā-rōʿeh*: definite article + participle, masculine singular - the shepherd
• *bigdô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his garment
• *wə-yāṣāʾ*: conjunction + verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will go out
• *mišām*: preposition + adverb - from there
• *bə-šālôm*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in peace

Word Meanings

• *hiṣṣattî*: I will kindle/I will set on fire
• *ʾēš*: fire/flame
• *bāttê*: houses/temples
• *ʾĕlōhê*: gods/deities
• *śərāpām*: burn them/consume them with fire
• *šābām*: take them captive/capture them
• *ʿāṭāh*: wrap/cover/clothe
• *rōʿeh*: shepherd/herdsman/pastor
• *beged*: garment/clothing/covering
• *šālôm*: peace/completeness/safety

Referenced Verses

• Jer 46:25 : 25 Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him:
• Ezek 30:13 : 13 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis; and there shall be no more a prince from the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
• Isa 49:18 : 18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and gird thyself with them, like a bride.
• Exod 12:12 : 12 For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Jehovah.
• Ps 109:18-19 : 18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
• 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.
• Jer 48:7 : 7 For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
• Ps 104:2 : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
• Zeph 2:11 : 11 Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.
• Rom 13:12 : 12 The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
• Eph 4:24 : 24 and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
• Eph 6:11 : 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
• Col 3:12 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
• Col 3:14 : 14 and above all these things [put on] love, which is the bond of perfectness.
• 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.
• Jer 51:44 : 44 And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
• Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
• Isa 59:17 : 17 And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
• Isa 61:5 : 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners {H1121} shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
• Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
• Isa 21:9 : 9 and, behold, here cometh a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.
• Isa 46:1 : 1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary [beast].
• Ps 132:16 : 16 Her priests also will I clothe with salvation; And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
• Ps 132:18 : 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame; But upon himself shall his crown flourish.
• 2 Sam 5:21 : 21 And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.
• Esth 6:9 : 9 and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor.
• Job 40:10 : 10 Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.