Jeremiah 11:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ הַנּוֹטֵ֣עַ אוֹתָ֔ךְ דִּבֶּ֥ר עָלַ֖יִךְ רָעָ֑ה בִּ֠גְלַל רָעַ֨ת בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל וּבֵ֣ית יְהוּדָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם לְהַכְעִסֵ֖נִי לְקַטֵּ֥ר לַבָּֽעַל׃

Transliteration

And-yhwh ṣĕbāʾôt hannôṭēaʿ you dibbēr against-you rāʿāh because-of rāʿat bêt-yiśrāʾēl and-bêt-yĕhûdāh which ʿāśû to-themselves to-hakʿîsēnî to-qaṭṭēr to-baʿal.

Grammar Details

*yhwh*: proper noun - YHWH/LORD
*ṣĕbāʾôt*: noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies
*hannôṭēaʿ*: definite Qal participle, masculine singular - the one planting
*dibbēr*: Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he spoke/pronounced
*rāʿāh*: noun, feminine singular - evil/disaster
*rāʿat*: noun, feminine singular construct - evil of
*bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*yĕhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*ʿāśû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they did
*hakʿîsēnî*: Hiphil infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - to provoke me
*qaṭṭēr*: Piel infinitive construct - to burn incense
*baʿal*: proper noun - Baal

Word Meanings

*yhwh ṣĕbāʾôt*: YHWH of hosts/LORD of armies
*hannôṭēaʿ*: the one planting/the one who planted/the planter
*dibbēr rāʿāh*: pronounced disaster/decreed calamity/spoken evil
*hakʿîsēnî*: to provoke me/to anger me/to vex me
*qaṭṭēr*: to burn incense/to offer sacrifice/to make offerings

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Referenced Verses

Isa 5:2 : 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Jer 2:21 : 21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
Jer 12:2 : 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
Jer 19:15 : 15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
Jer 24:6 : 6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
Jer 26:13 : 13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
Jer 26:19 : 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
Jer 35:17 : 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.
Jer 36:7 : 7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
Jer 40:2 : 2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
Jer 42:10 : 10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
Jer 45:4 : 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
Ezek 17:5 : 5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
Jer 7:9 : 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
2 Sam 7:10 : 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
Ps 44:2 : 2 How thou didst drive out{H8689)} the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst{H8799)} them; how thou didst afflict{H8686)} the people, and cast them out{H8762)}.
Ps 80:8 : 8 Thou hast brought{H8686)} a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out{H8762)} the heathen, and planted{H8799)} it.
Ps 80:15 : 15 And the vineyard{H8798)} which thy right hand hath planted{H8804)}, and the branch that thou madest strong{H8765)} for thyself.
Jer 16:10-11 : 10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? 11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
Jer 18:8 : 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

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