Jeremiah 14:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִקְוֵה֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֽוֹשִׁיע֖וֹ בְּעֵ֣ת צָרָ֑ה לָ֤מָּה תִֽהְיֶה֙ כְּגֵ֣ר בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּכְאֹרֵ֖חַ נָטָ֥ה לָלֽוּן׃

Transliteration

miqwēh Yiśrāʾēl môšîʿô in-ʿēṯ ṣārāh lāmmāh ṯihyeh like-gēr in-the-ʾāreṣ and-like-ʾōrēaḥ nāṭāh lālûn

Grammar Details

*miqwēh*: noun, masculine singular construct - hope of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*môšîʿô*: hiphil participle, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his savior
*ʿēṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct with preposition - in time of
*ṣārāh*: noun, feminine singular - distress/trouble
*lāmmāh*: interrogative - why
*ṯihyeh*: qal imperfect, 2nd singular masculine - you will be
*gēr*: noun, masculine singular with preposition - like a stranger/sojourner
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular with preposition + definite article - in the land
*ʾōrēaḥ*: noun, masculine singular with preposition - like a traveler
*nāṭāh*: qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - he turned aside/stretched out
*lālûn*: qal infinitive construct with preposition - to lodge/spend the night

Word Meanings

*miqwēh*: hope/expectation/gathering
*môšîʿô*: his savior/deliverer
*ṣārāh*: distress/trouble/adversity
*gēr*: stranger/sojourner/foreigner/alien
*ʾōrēaḥ*: traveler/wayfarer/passer-by
*nāṭāh*: turned aside/stretched out/extended
*lālûn*: to lodge/spend the night/stay overnight

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Referenced Verses

Jer 17:13 : 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
Ps 50:15 : 15 And call{H8798)} upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver{H8762)} thee, and thou shalt glorify{H8762)} me.
Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Isa 43:11 : 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
Ps 9:9 : 9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Ps 37:39-40 : 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. 40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver{H8762)} them: he shall deliver{H8762)} them from the wicked, and save{H8686)} them, because they trust{H8804)} in him.
Jer 50:7 : 7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
Isa 45:21 : 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Judg 19:17 : 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
Joel 3:16 : 16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Acts 28:20 : 20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
2 Cor 1:4-5 : 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
1 Tim 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
Ps 46:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present{H8738)} help in trouble.
Ps 10:1 : 1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Isa 45:15 : 15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call{H8799)} upon me, and I will answer{H8799)} him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver{H8762)} him, and honour{H8762)} him.
Ps 138:7 : 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

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