Jeremiah 50:40

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֨ת אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־סְדֹ֧ם וְאֶת־עֲמֹרָ֛ה וְאֶת־שְׁכֵנֶ֖יהָ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה לֹֽא־יֵשֵׁ֥ב שָׁם֙ אִ֔ישׁ וְלֹֽא־יָג֥וּר בָּ֖הּ בֶּן־אָדָֽם׃

Transliteration

Like-mahpēkat ʾĕlōhîm ʾet-sĕdōm and-ʾet-ʿămōrâ and-ʾet-šĕkēneyhā, nĕʾum-YHWH; not-yēšēb there ʾîš and-not-yāgûr in-her ben-ʾādām.

Grammar Details

*kĕ*: preposition - like/as
*mahpēkat*: Qal infinitive construct - overthrow/destruction of
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun, functioning as singular - God
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*sĕdōm*: proper noun - Sodom
*wĕ*: conjunction - and
*ʿămōrâ*: proper noun - Gomorrah
*šĕkēneyhā*: masculine plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her neighbors
*nĕʾum*: masculine singular construct - declaration/utterance of
*YHWH*: proper noun - personal name of God
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yēšēb*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will dwell/inhabit
*šām*: adverb - there
*ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man/anyone
*yāgûr*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will sojourn/reside temporarily
*bāh*: preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - in her
*ben*: masculine singular noun, construct - son of
*ʾādām*: masculine singular noun - man/mankind

Word Meanings

*mahpēkat*: overthrow/destruction/overturning
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/divine being
*šĕkēneyhā*: her neighbors/neighboring towns
*nĕʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle
*yēšēb*: will dwell/inhabit/settle
*ʾîš*: man/anyone/person
*yāgûr*: will sojourn/reside temporarily/stay
*ben-ʾādām*: son of man/human being

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Referenced Verses

Gen 19:24-25 : 24 Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven; 25 and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Jer 49:18 : 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
Luke 17:28-30 : 28 Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: 30 after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.
2 Pet 2:6 : 6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly;
Jude 1:7 : 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like {G5125} manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
Rev 11:8 : 8 And their dead bodies [lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
Rev 18:8-9 : 8 Therefore {G1223} in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judged her. 9 And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived wantonly with her, shall weep {G846} and wail over her, when they look upon the smoke of her burning,
Jer 51:26 : 26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.
Hos 11:8-9 : 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I cast thee off, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassions are kindled together. 9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee; and I will not come in wrath.
Amos 4:11 : 11 I have overthrown [cities] among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
Zeph 2:9 : 9 Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
Deut 29:23 : 23 [ and that] the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Isa 1:9 : 9 Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Isa 13:19-20 : 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.

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