Jeremiah 28:4

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־יְכָנְיָ֣ה בֶן־יְהוֹיָקִ֣ים מֶֽלֶךְ־יְ֠הוּדָה וְאֶת־כָּל־גָּל֨וּת יְהוּדָ֜ה הַבָּאִ֣ים בָּבֶ֗לָה אֲנִ֥י מֵשִׁ֛יב אֶל־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֣י אֶשְׁבֹּ֔ר אֶת־עֹ֖ל מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל

Transliteration

And-ʾet-yəkānyâ son-of-yəhôyāqîm melek-yəhûdâ and-ʾet-all-gālût yəhûdâ the-ones-bāʾîm bābelâ ʾănî mēšîb to-the-māqôm the-zeh nəʾum-YHWH because ʾešbōr ʾet-ʿōl melek bābel

Grammar Details

• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *yəkānyâ*: proper noun - Jeconiah
• *yəhôyāqîm*: proper noun - Jehoiakim
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• *yəhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
• *gālût*: noun, feminine singular construct - exile/captivity of
• *bāʾîm*: qal participle masculine plural - ones coming/going
• *bābelâ*: proper noun + directional he - to Babylon
• *ʾănî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *mēšîb*: hiphil participle masculine singular - causing to return/bringing back
• *māqôm*: noun, masculine singular - place/location
• *zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
• *nəʾum*: noun, masculine singular construct - declaration/utterance of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾešbōr*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will break
• *ʿōl*: noun, masculine singular construct - yoke of

Word Meanings

• *gālût*: exile/captivity/diaspora
• *bāʾîm*: coming/entering/arriving
• *mēšîb*: returning/bringing back/restoring
• *nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle
• *ʾešbōr*: I will break/I will shatter

Referenced Verses

• Jer 22:24 : 24 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
• Jer 24:1 : 1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
• Jer 28:2 : 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
• Jer 28:10 : 10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
• Jer 30:8 : 8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
• Jer 52:31-34 : 31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, 32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 33 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. 34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
• Nah 1:13 : 13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
• Jer 24:5 : 5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
• Jer 22:26-28 : 26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. 27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
• Gen 27:40 : 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
• 2 Kgs 25:27-30 : 27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; 29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. 30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
• Isa 9:4 : 4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
• Jer 2:20 : 20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
• Jer 22:10 : 10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.