Jeremiah 13:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א תִשְׁמָע֔וּהָ בְּמִסְתָּרִ֥ים תִּבְכֶּֽה־נַפְשִׁ֖י מִפְּנֵ֣י גֵוָ֑ה וְדָמֹ֨עַ תִּדְמַ֜ע וְתֵרַ֤ד עֵינִי֙ דִּמְעָ֔ה כִּ֥י נִשְׁבָּ֖ה עֵ֥דֶר יְהוָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

And if not tishmāʿûhā, in mistārîm tibkeh-napeshî because of gēwâ, and dāmōaʿ tidmaʿ and tērad ʿênî dimʿâ, for nishbâ ʿēder YHWH.

Grammar Details

*weʾim*: conjunction with conditional particle - and if
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*tishmāʿûhā*: imperfect, 2nd masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - you will hear it
*bemistārîm*: preposition with noun, masculine plural - in secret places
*tibkeh*: imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will weep
*napeshî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*mippenê*: compound preposition - because of/from before
*gēwâ*: noun, feminine singular - pride
*wedāmōaʿ*: conjunction with infinitive absolute - and surely weep
*tidmaʿ*: imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will shed tears
*wetērad*: conjunction with imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and will run down
*ʿênî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my eye
*dimʿâ*: noun, feminine singular - tears
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*nishbâ*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is taken captive
*ʿēder*: noun, masculine singular construct - flock of
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD

Word Meanings

*mistārîm*: secret places/hiding places
*gēwâ*: pride/arrogance
*nishbâ*: is taken captive/is captured

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Referenced Verses

Jer 9:1 : 1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Mal 2:2 : 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Ps 80:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear{H8685)}, O Shepherd{H8802)} of Israel, thou that leadest{H8802)} Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest{H8802)} between the cherubims, shine forth{H8685)}.
Jer 14:17 : 17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
Ps 119:136 : 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Luke 19:41-42 : 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Lam 1:2 : 2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
Lam 1:16 : 16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
Lam 2:18 : 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Ezek 34:31 : 31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezek 36:38 : 38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Rom 9:2-4 : 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Jer 13:19-20 : 19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. 20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
Isa 63:11 : 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
1 Sam 15:11 : 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
1 Sam 15:35 : 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Jer 17:16 : 16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
Jer 22:5 : 5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
Jer 23:1 : 1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.

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