Jeremiah 26:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־כָּל־הַשָּׂרִ֔ים וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר יְהוָ֣ה שְׁלָחַ֗נִי לְהִנָּבֵ֞א אֶל־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ וְאֶל־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmer Yirməyāhû to-all-the-śārîm and-to-all-the-ʿām saying, Yəhwāh šəlāḥanî to-hinnāḇēʾ to-the-bayiṯ the-this and-to-the-ʿîr the-this ʾēṯ all-the-dəḇārîm which šəmaʿtem.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - he said
• *śārîm*: masculine plural with definite article - the officials
• *ʿām*: masculine singular with definite article - the people
• *šəlāḥanî*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he sent me
• *hinnāḇēʾ*: Niphal infinitive construct - to prophesy
• *bayiṯ*: masculine singular with definite article - the house/temple
• *ʿîr*: feminine singular with definite article - the city
• *dəḇārîm*: masculine plural with definite article - the words
• *šəmaʿtem*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you heard

Word Meanings

• *šālaḥ*: send/dispatch/stretch out
• *nāḇâ*: prophesy/speak as prophet

Referenced Verses

• Jer 26:15 : 15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
• Acts 4:19 : 19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
• Acts 5:29 : 29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
• Jer 26:2 : 2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
• Jer 1:17-18 : 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. 18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
• Jer 19:1-3 : 1 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; 2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee, 3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.
• Amos 7:15-17 : 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. 16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.