Jeremiah 52:8

King James Version 1611 (Original)

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּ חֵיל־כַּשְׂדִּים֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיַּשִּׂ֥יגוּ אֶת־צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת יְרֵח֑וֹ וְכָל־חֵיל֔וֹ נָפֹ֖צוּ מֵעָלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wa-yirdəpû ḥêl-kaśdîm ʾaḥărê ha-melek wa-yaśśîgû ʾet-ṣidqîyāhû bə-ʿarbôt yərēḥô wə-kāl-ḥêlô nāpōṣû mē-ʿālāyw

Grammar Details

• *wa*-*yirdəpû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they pursued
• *ḥêl*-*kaśdîm*: noun construct + proper noun, plural - army of Chaldeans
• *ʾaḥărê*: preposition - after
• *ha*-*melek*: definite article + noun - the king
• *wa*-*yaśśîgû*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they overtook
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ṣidqîyāhû*: proper noun - Zedekiah
• *bə*-*ʿarbôt*: preposition + noun, plural construct - in plains of
• *yərēḥô*: proper noun - Jericho
• *wə*-*kāl*-*ḥêlô*: conjunction + noun construct + noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and all his army
• *nāpōṣû*: Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - were scattered
• *mē*-*ʿālāyw*: preposition + preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from him

Word Meanings

• *yirdəpû*: pursued/chased
• *yaśśîgû*: overtook/caught up to/reached
• *ʿarbôt*: plains/deserts/steppes
• *nāpōṣû*: were scattered/dispersed/spread out

Referenced Verses

• Jer 21:7 : 7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
• Jer 32:4 : 4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
• Jer 34:21 : 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.
• Jer 38:23 : 23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
• Jer 39:5 : 5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
• Lam 4:19-20 : 19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
• Ezek 12:12-14 : 12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. 13 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. 14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
• Ezek 17:20-21 : 20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. 21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.
• Amos 2:14-15 : 14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: 15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
• Amos 9:1-4 : 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
• Jer 37:18 : 18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
• Isa 30:16-17 : 16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.