Jeremiah 9:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִתְבּֽוֹנְנ֛וּ וְקִרְא֥וּ לַמְקוֹנְנ֖וֹת וּתְבוֹאֶ֑ינָה וְאֶל־הַחֲכָמ֥וֹת שִׁלְח֖וּ וְתָבֽוֹאנָה׃

Transliteration

Thus 'āmar YHWH ṣĕbā'ôt hitbônĕnû wĕqir'û to-the-mĕqônĕnôt ûtĕbô'eynāh and-to-the-ḥăkāmôt šilḥû wĕtābô'nāh

Grammar Details

• *'āmar*: perfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular - has said
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ṣĕbā'ôt*: feminine plural noun - of hosts
• *hitbônĕnû*: imperative verb, 2nd person masculine plural, hitpael - consider
• *wĕqir'û*: conjunction + imperative verb, 2nd person masculine plural - and call
• *mĕqônĕnôt*: feminine plural participle with prefixed preposition and definite article - to the mourning women
• *ûtĕbô'eynāh*: conjunction + imperfect verb, 3rd person feminine plural - and let them come
• *ḥăkāmôt*: feminine plural adjective with definite article and prefixed preposition - and to the wise women
• *šilḥû*: imperative verb, 2nd person masculine plural - send
• *wĕtābô'nāh*: conjunction + imperfect verb, 3rd person feminine plural - and let them come

Word Meanings

• *'āmar*: said/spoke/declared
• *ṣĕbā'ôt*: of hosts/armies/multitudes
• *hitbônĕnû*: consider/understand/pay attention
• *wĕqir'û*: and call/summon/invite
• *mĕqônĕnôt*: mourning women/professional mourners/wailing women
• *ûtĕbô'eynāh*: and let them come/arrive/appear
• *ḥăkāmôt*: wise women/skilled women
• *šilḥû*: send/dispatch/let go
• *wĕtābô'nāh*: and let them come/arrive/appear

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:33 : 33 And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
• Deut 28:64 : 64 And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.
• Ezek 5:2 : 2 A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite with the sword round about it; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
• Ezek 5:12 : 12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
• Jer 44:27 : 27 Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
• Jer 13:24 : 24 Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.
• Jer 15:2-4 : 2 And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy. 4 And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
• Jer 24:10 : 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
• Jer 25:27 : 27 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
• Jer 29:17 : 17 thus saith Jehovah of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
• Jer 49:36-37 : 36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. 37 And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith Jehovah; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them;
• Ezek 11:17 : 17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
• Ezek 12:15 : 15 And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.
• Ezek 14:17 : 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;
• Ezek 20:23 : 23 Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
• Zech 7:14 : 14 but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
• Jas 1:1 : 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.
• Deut 32:26 : 26 I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
• Neh 1:8 : 8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:
• Ps 106:27 : 27 And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
• Deut 4:27 : 27 And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away.
• Deut 28:25 : 25 Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Deut 28:36 : 36 Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.