Jeremiah 26:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this town a curse to all the nations of the earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָתַתִּ֛י אֶת־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה כְּשִׁלֹ֑ה וְאֶת־הָעִ֤יר הַזֹּאת֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן לִקְלָלָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

And-nāṯattî ʾeṯ-the-bayiṯ the-this like-Šîlōh and-ʾeṯ-the-ʿîr the-this ʾettēn to-qəlālāh to-all gôyê the-ʾāreṣ.

Grammar Details

• *nāṯattî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular with waw-consecutive - I will make/give
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *bayiṯ*: masculine singular with definite article - the house/temple
• *Šîlōh*: proper name - Shiloh
• *ʿîr*: feminine singular with definite article - the city
• *ʾettēn*: Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will give/make
• *qəlālāh*: feminine singular - curse/cursing
• *gôyê*: construct state, masculine plural - nations of
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular with definite article - the earth/land

Word Meanings

• *bayiṯ*: house/temple/dwelling
• *Šîlōh*: ancient sacred site where the tabernacle was once located
• *qəlālāh*: curse/reproach/object of cursing
• *gôy*: nation/people/gentiles

Referenced Verses

• Jer 24:9 : 9 I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.
• 2 Kgs 22:19 : 19 Because your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before me, when you had word of what I said against this place and its people, that they would become a waste and a curse, and you gave signs of grief, weeping before me: truly, I have given ear to you, says the Lord.
• Isa 65:15 : 15 And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:
• Jer 25:18 : 18 Jerusalem and the towns of Judah and their kings and their princes, to make them a waste place, a cause of fear and surprise and a curse, as it is this day;
• Jer 29:22 : 22 And their fate will be used as a curse by all the prisoners of Judah who are in Babylon, who will say, May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, who were burned in the fire by the king of Babylon;
• Jer 42:18 : 18 For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: As my wrath and passion have been let loose on the people of Jerusalem, so will my passion be let loose on you when you go into Egypt: and you will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame; and you will never see this place again.
• Jer 44:8-9 : 8 Moving me to wrath with the work of your hands, burning perfumes to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to make a place for yourselves, so that you may become a curse and a name of shame among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have you no memory of the evil-doing of your fathers, and the evil-doing of the kings of Judah, and the evil-doing of their wives, and the evil which you yourselves have done, and the evil which your wives have done, in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 Even to this day their hearts are not broken, and they have no fear, and have not gone in the way of my law or of my rules which I gave to you and to your fathers. 11 So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah; 12 And I will take the last of Judah, whose minds are fixed on going into the land of Egypt and stopping there, and they will all come to their end, falling in the land of Egypt by the sword and by being short of food and by disease; death will overtake them, from the least to the greatest, death by the sword and by need of food: they will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame.
• Jer 44:22 : 22 And the Lord was no longer able to put up with the evil of your doings and the disgusting things you did; and because of this your land has become a waste and a cause of wonder and a curse, with no one living in it, as at this day.
• Dan 9:11 : 11 And all Israel have been sinners against your law, turning away so as not to give ear to your voice: and the curse has been let loose on us, and the oath recorded in the law of Moses, the servant of God, for we have done evil against him.
• Mal 4:6 : 6 And by him the hearts of fathers will be turned to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers; for fear that I may come and put the earth under a curse.
• Jer 7:12-14 : 12 But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I put my name at first, and see what I did to it because of the evil-doing of my people Israel. 13 And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I sent my word to you, getting up early and sending, but you did not give ear; and my voice came to you, but you gave no answer: 14 For this reason I will do to the house which is named by my name, and in which you have put your faith, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
• Ps 78:60-64 : 60 So that he went away from the holy place in Shiloh, the tent which he had put among men; 61 And he let his strength be taken prisoner, and gave his glory into the hands of his hater. 62 He gave his people up to the sword, and was angry with his heritage. 63 Their young men were burned in the fire; and their virgins were not praised in the bride-song. 64 Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.
• Isa 43:28 : 28 Your chiefs have made my holy place unclean, so I have made Jacob a curse, and Israel a thing of shame.
• Josh 18:1 : 1 And all the meeting of the children of Israel came together at Shiloh and put up the Tent of meeting there: and the land was crushed before them.
• 1 Sam 4:10-12 : 10 So the Philistines went to the fight, and Israel was overcome, and every man went in flight to his tent: and great was the destruction, for thirty thousand footmen of Israel were put to the sword. 11 And the ark of God was taken; and Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were put to the sword. 12 And a man of Benjamin went running from the fight and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothing out of order and earth on his head.
• 1 Sam 4:19-22 : 19 And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child and near the time when she would give birth; and when she had the news that the ark of God had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, her pains came on her suddenly and she gave birth. 20 And when she was very near death the women who were with her said, Have no fear, for you have given birth to a son. But she made no answer and gave no attention to it. 21 And she gave the child the name of Ichabod, saying, The glory has gone from Israel: because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband. 22 And she said, The glory is gone from Israel, for the ark of God has been taken.