Jeremiah 48:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֠י יַ֣עַן בִּטְחֵ֤ךְ בְּמַעֲשַׂ֙יִךְ֙ וּבְא֣וֹצְרוֹתַ֔יִךְ גַּם־אַ֖תְּ תִּלָּכֵ֑דִי וְיָצָ֤א *כמיש **כְמוֹשׁ֙ בַּגּוֹלָ֔ה כֹּהֲנָ֥יו וְשָׂרָ֖יו *יחד **יַחְדָּֽיו׃

Transliteration

For yaʿan biṭḥēḵ in bᵉmaʿăśayiḵ and in ûḇᵉʾôṣᵉrôṯayiḵ, even you tillāḵēḏî [will be captured]; and wᵉyāṣāʾ Kᵉmôš in baggôlāh [exile], his kōhănāyw and his śārāyw yaḥdāw [together].

Grammar Details

• *kî yaʿan*: conjunction + preposition - 'because/since'
• *biṭḥēḵ*: Qal infinitive construct + 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your trusting'
• *bᵉ-maʿăśayiḵ*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'in your works/deeds'
• *û-ḇᵉ-ʾôṣᵉrôṯayiḵ*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'and in your treasures'
• *gam*: adverb - 'also/even'
• *ʾatt*: pronoun, 2nd feminine singular - 'you'
• *tillāḵēḏî*: Niphal imperfect 2nd feminine singular - 'you will be captured/caught'
• *wᵉ-yāṣāʾ*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he will go out'
• *Kᵉmôš*: proper noun - 'Chemosh (Moabite deity)'
• *ba-ggôlāh*: preposition + article + noun, feminine singular - 'into the exile'
• *kōhănāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his priests'
• *wᵉ-śārāyw*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'and his princes/officials'
• *yaḥdāw*: adverb - 'together'

Word Meanings

• *biṭḥēḵ*: your trust/your confidence
• *maʿăśayiḵ*: your works/your deeds/your achievements
• *ʾôṣᵉrôṯayiḵ*: your treasures/your storehouses
• *tillāḵēḏî*: you will be captured/caught/seized
• *Kᵉmôš*: Chemosh (national deity of Moab)
• *gôlāh*: exile/captivity
• *kōhănāyw*: his priests/his religious officials
• *śārāyw*: his princes/his officials/his rulers
• *yaḥdāw*: together/all at once/at the same time

Referenced Verses

• Num 21:29 : 29 Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: He hath given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
• Jer 49:3 : 3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
• Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
• Jer 48:13 : 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.
• Jer 48:46 : 46 Woe unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity.
• 1 Kgs 11:33 : 33 because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and mine ordinances, as did David his father.
• Ps 52:7 : 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
• Isa 46:1-2 : 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]. 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
• Isa 59:4-6 : 4 None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. 6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
• Ps 62:8-9 : 8 Trust in him at all times, ye people; Pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. {H5542} 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity. 10 Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon].
• Ps 40:4 : 4 Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
• Ps 49:6-7 : 6 They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;
• Judg 11:24 : 24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.
• 1 Kgs 11:7 : 7 Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
• Jer 13:25 : 25 This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
• Jer 43:12 : 12 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.
• Ezek 28:2-5 : 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are man, and not God, though you did set your heart as the heart of God;— 3 behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you; 4 by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten you riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures; 5 by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches;—
• Hos 10:13 : 13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on {G2198} God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
• Rev 18:7 : 7 How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning.