Jeremiah 15:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I will make your enemies pass into a land you do not know, for a fire is kindled in My anger, and it will burn against you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַֽעֲבַרְתִּי֙ אֶת־אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֣א יָדָ֑עְתָּ כִּֽי־אֵ֛שׁ קָדְחָ֥ה בְאַפִּ֖י עֲלֵיכֶ֥ם תּוּקָֽד׃

Transliteration

wə-haʿăbartî ʾet-ʾōybekā in-land not yādāʿtā; for-ʾēš qādḥâ in-my-anger against-you tûqād.

Grammar Details

• *wə-haʿăbartî*: conjunction + hiphil perfect 1st common singular - and I will cause to pass over
• *ʾet-ʾōybekā*: direct object marker + qal participle masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your enemies
• *yādāʿtā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have known
• *ʾēš*: noun common feminine singular - fire
• *qādḥâ*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it is kindled
• *bə-ʾappî*: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - in my anger/nose
• *tûqād*: hophal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - it will be kindled

Word Meanings

• *wə-haʿăbartî*: and I will cause to pass/I will make [you] serve
• *bə-ʾereṣ lōʾ yādāʿtā*: in a land you do not know/in an unknown country
• *ʾēš qādḥâ bə-ʾappî*: a fire is kindled in my anger/fire has ignited in my wrath
• *ʿălêkem tûqād*: against you it is kindled/upon you it will burn

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And I will make you to pass with your enemies into a land you do not know: for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn upon you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  [And I will make them] to pass{H5674} with thine enemies{H341} into a land{H776} which thou knowest{H3045} not; for a fire{H784} is kindled{H6919} in mine anger,{H639} which shall burn{H3344} upon you.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I will make thee to pass{H5674}{(H8689)} with thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)} into a land{H776} which thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} not: for a fire{H784} is kindled{H6919}{(H8804)} in mine anger{H639}, which shall burn{H3344}{(H8714)} upon you.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And I wil brige you with youre enemies in to a londe, yt ye knowe not: for the fyre that is kyndled in my indignacion, shal burne you vp.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I wil make thee to go with thine enemies into a land that thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shal burne you.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And I wyll bryng thee with thine enemies into a lande that thou knowest not: for the fire that is kindled in myne indignation shall burne you vp.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And I will make [thee] to pass with thine enemies into a land [which] thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, [which] shall burn upon you.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will make [them] to pass with your enemies into a land which you don't know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn on you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I have caused thine enemies To pass over into the land -- Thou hast not known, For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, Against you it doth burn.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I will make `them' to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I will make [them] to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They will go away with your haters into a land which is strange to you: for my wrath is on fire with a flame which will be burning on you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will make [them] to pass with your enemies into a land which you don't know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn on you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you.”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire has been kindled in My wrath, and it burns to the depths of Sheol. It consumes the earth and its produce and sets ablaze the foundations of the mountains.
• Jer 16:13 : 13 Therefore, I will hurl you out of this land into a land you and your ancestors have not known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.'
• Jer 17:4 : 4 You will let go of your inheritance that I gave to you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land you do not know, because you have kindled a fire in my anger that will burn forever.
• Ps 21:9 : 9 Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will discover those who hate You.
• Deut 28:36 : 36 The LORD will drive you and the king you set over yourself to a nation that neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.
• Deut 28:64 : 64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.
• Deut 29:23 : 23 All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?'
• Lev 26:38-39 : 38 You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you. 39 Those of you who remain will waste away in their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the iniquities of their ancestors, they will waste away with them.
• Deut 28:25 : 25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will become a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Isa 42:25 : 25 So He poured out on them His burning anger and the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, yet they did not take it to heart.
• Isa 66:15-16 : 15 For behold, the Lord will come with fire, and His chariots will be like a whirlwind, to bring down His wrath in fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For the Lord will execute judgment by fire and by His sword on all mankind, and many will be those slain by the Lord.
• Jer 4:4 : 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskin of your hearts, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my wrath will break out like a fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your wicked deeds.
• Jer 14:18 : 18 If I go out into the field, I see those slain by the sword. If I enter the city, I see the agonies of famine. Even the prophet and the priest wander aimlessly in the land and have no understanding.
• Jer 15:4 : 4 I will make them an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
• Jer 52:27 : 27 The king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was taken into exile from its land.
• Amos 5:27 : 27 Therefore, I will send you into exile beyond Damascus, says the Lord, the God of Hosts is his name.
• Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are shattered before him.
• Heb 12:29 : 29 for our God is a consuming fire.