Jeremiah 2:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַיֵּ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֣יתָ לָּ֔ךְ יָק֕וּמוּ אִם־יוֹשִׁיע֖וּךָ בְּעֵ֣ת רָעָתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֚י מִסְפַּ֣ר עָרֶ֔יךָ הָי֥וּ אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יְהוּדָֽה׃

Transliteration

wəʾayyēh ʾĕlōhêkā ʾăšer ʿāśîtā lāk yāqûmû ʾim-yôšîʿûkā bəʿēt rāʿātekā kî mispar ʿārêkā hāyû ʾĕlōhêkā yəhûdāh

Grammar Details

*wəʾayyēh*: conjunction + interrogative - and where
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your gods
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that/whom
*ʿāśîtā*: perfect Qal, 2nd masculine singular - you made
*lāk*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - for yourself
*yāqûmû*: imperfect Qal, 3rd masculine plural - let them arise
*ʾim*: conditional particle - if
*yôšîʿûkā*: imperfect Hiphil, 3rd masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - they can save you
*bəʿēt*: preposition + construct feminine singular noun - in the time of
*rāʿātekā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your calamity/trouble
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*mispar*: masculine singular construct noun - number of
*ʿārêkā*: feminine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your cities
*hāyû*: perfect Qal, 3rd common plural - have been
*yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah

Word Meanings

*ʾayyēh*: where/where are
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: your gods/deities/idols
*ʿāśîtā*: you made/created/fashioned
*yāqûmû*: let them arise/stand up/rise
*yôšîʿûkā*: they can save you/deliver you/rescue you
*rāʿātekā*: your calamity/trouble/distress
*mispar*: number/quantity/count
*ʿārêkā*: your cities/towns

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 11:13 : 13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
Deut 32:37 : 37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
Isa 45:20 : 20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Judg 10:14 : 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
2 Kgs 17:30-31 : 30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
Isa 46:7 : 7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Hos 10:1 : 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
2 Kgs 3:13 : 13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
Isa 46:2 : 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

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