Jeremiah 12:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י אֶת־רַגְלִ֥ים ׀ רַ֙צְתָּה֙ וַיַּלְא֔וּךָ וְאֵ֥יךְ תְּתַֽחֲרֶ֖ה אֶת־הַסּוּסִ֑ים וּבְאֶ֤רֶץ שָׁלוֹם֙ אַתָּ֣ה בוֹטֵ֔חַ וְאֵ֥יךְ תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה בִּגְא֥וֹן הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

Transliteration

For ʾet-raglîm you-raṣtāh wa-they-yalʾûkā wə-how you-tətaḥăreh ʾet-hassûsîm û-in-ʾereṣ šālôm you bôṭēaḥ wə-how you-taʿăśeh in-gəʾôn hayyardēn

Grammar Details

*ʾet*: direct object marker
*raglîm*: noun, masculine plural - footmen/those on foot
*raṣtāh*: verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you run
*wa*: conjunction - and
*yalʾûkā*: verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they weary you
*wə*: conjunction - and
*tətaḥăreh*: verb, Hithpael imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you compete/contend
*hassûsîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the horses
*û*: conjunction - and
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land
*šālôm*: noun, masculine singular - peace/safety
*bôṭēaḥ*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - trusting/secure
*taʿăśeh*: verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will do
*gəʾôn*: noun, masculine singular construct - majesty/swelling/pride
*hayyardēn*: noun, proper, masculine singular with definite article - the Jordan

Word Meanings

*raṣtāh*: run/race
*yalʾûkā*: weary you/exhaust you
*tətaḥăreh*: compete/contend/race against
*šālôm*: peace/safety/security
*bôṭēaḥ*: trusting/secure/confident
*gəʾôn hayyardēn*: majesty of Jordan/thickets of Jordan/swelling of Jordan

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Referenced Verses

Jer 49:19 : 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jer 50:44 : 44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
1 Pet 4:12 : 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
Heb 12:3-4 : 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
Josh 3:15 : 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water,(for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
1 Chr 12:15 : 15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calleth{H8802)} unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone{H8804)} over me.
Ps 69:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save{H8685)} me, O God; for the waters are come{H8804)} in unto my soul. 2 I sink{H8804)} in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come{H8804)} into deep waters, where the floods overflow{H8804)} me.
Prov 3:11 : 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Prov 24:10 : 10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Jer 26:8 : 8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
Jer 36:26 : 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
Jer 38:4-6 : 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

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