Jeremiah 49:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Flee ye, wander far off, dwell in the depths, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith Jehovah; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נֻסוּ֩ נֻּ֨דוּ מְאֹ֜ד הֶעְמִ֧יקוּ לָשֶׁ֛בֶת יֹשְׁבֵ֥י חָצ֖וֹר נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה כִּֽי־יָעַ֨ץ עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֤ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ עֵצָ֔ה וְחָשַׁ֥ב *עליהם **עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם מַחֲשָׁבָֽה

Transliteration

Nusu nudu very much, he'miqu lashevet, yoshvei Khatsor, neum-YHWH; for ya'ats against you Nevukhadre'tsar melekh-Bavel etsa, and khashav against you makhashava

Grammar Details

*Nusu*: qal imperative, masculine plural - flee
*nudu*: qal imperative, masculine plural - wander/flee
*he'miqu*: hiphil imperative, masculine plural - make deep
*lashevet*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to dwell/sit
*yoshvei*: participle, masculine plural construct - inhabitants of
*Khatsor*: proper noun - Hazor
*neum*: construct state - declaration/utterance of
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*ya'ats*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has planned/counseled
*Nevukhadre'tsar*: proper noun - Nebuchadnezzar
*melekh*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
*Bavel*: proper noun - Babylon
*etsa*: noun, feminine singular - plan/counsel
*khashav*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has devised/planned
*makhashava*: noun, feminine singular - thought/plan

Word Meanings

*Nusu*: flee/escape
*nudu*: wander/flee/move about
*he'miqu*: make deep/go deep down/find distant refuge
*lashevet*: to dwell/stay/remain
*yoshvei*: inhabitants/dwellers/residents
*neum*: utterance/declaration/oracle
*ya'ats*: has planned/counseled/devised
*etsa*: plan/counsel/advice
*khashav*: has devised/planned/thought
*makhashava*: thought/plan/scheme

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Referenced Verses

Isa 10:7 : 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
Jer 25:9 : 9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and [I will send] unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Jer 27:6 : 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.
Jer 25:24-25 : 24 and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the wilderness; 25 and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;

Similar Verses (AI)

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Jer 49:28-29
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28Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus saith Jehovah: Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.
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Jer 49:31-33
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31Arise, get you up unto a nation that is at ease, that dwelleth without care, saith Jehovah; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.
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3For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and beast.
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Jer 4:29
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Jer 50:45-46
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45Therefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
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Jer 50:16
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Zech 2:6-7
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8Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flocks.
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Jer 48:45
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Jer 46:26
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