Jeremiah 3:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֡ה כִּ֣י תִרְבּוּ֩ וּפְרִיתֶ֨ם בָּאָ֜רֶץ בַּיָּמִ֤ים הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה לֹא־יֹ֣אמְרוּ ע֗וֹד אֲרוֹן֙ בְּרִית־יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־לֵ֑ב וְלֹ֤א יִזְכְּרוּ־בוֹ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִפְקֹ֔דוּ וְלֹ֥א יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה עֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

wᵉhāyâ when tirbû and-pᵉrîtem in-the-ʾāreṣ in-the-yāmîm those nᵉʾum-YHWH, not-yōʾmᵉrû again ʾărôn bᵉrît-YHWH, and-not yaʿăleh upon-lēḇ, and-not yizkᵉrû-in-it, and-not yip̄qōdû, and-not yēʿāśeh again.

Grammar Details

• *wᵉhāyâ*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and it shall be'
• *tirbû*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - 'you increase/multiply'
• *pᵉrîtem*: Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - 'you are fruitful'
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - 'the land/earth'
• *yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - 'the days'
• *nᵉʾum*: construct state - 'utterance/declaration'
• *YHWH*: proper name - 'Yahweh/LORD'
• *yōʾmᵉrû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'they will say'
• *ʾărôn*: noun, masculine singular - 'ark'
• *bᵉrît*: noun, feminine singular construct - 'covenant of'
• *yaʿăleh*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'it will come up'
• *lēḇ*: noun, masculine singular - 'heart/mind'
• *yizkᵉrû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'they will remember'
• *yip̄qōdû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'they will visit/attend to'
• *yēʿāśeh*: Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'it will be made/done'

Word Meanings

• *wᵉhāyâ*: and it shall be/happen/come to pass
• *tirbû*: you increase/multiply/become many
• *pᵉrîtem*: you are fruitful/multiply/increase
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground
• *yāmîm*: days/time
• *nᵉʾum*: utterance/declaration/oracle
• *yōʾmᵉrû*: they will say/speak/declare
• *ʾărôn*: ark/chest/container
• *bᵉrît*: covenant/agreement/treaty
• *yaʿăleh*: it will come up/ascend/arise
• *lēḇ*: heart/mind/inner being
• *yizkᵉrû*: they will remember/recall/think of
• *yip̄qōdû*: they will visit/attend to/miss/care for
• *yēʿāśeh*: it will be made/done/performed

Referenced Verses

• Isa 65:17 : 17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
• Isa 66:1-2 : 1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
• Jer 7:4 : 4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
• Jer 30:19 : 19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
• Jer 31:8 : 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
• Jer 31:27 : 27 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
• Ezek 36:8-9 : 8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: 10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: 11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.
• Ezek 37:26 : 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
• Hos 1:10-11 : 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
• Amos 9:9 : 9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
• Amos 9:14-15 : 14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
• Zeph 3:11 : 11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
• Zech 8:4-5 : 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
• Zech 10:7-9 : 7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. 8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. 9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
• Matt 1:11 : 11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
• Matt 3:9 : 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
• John 4:20-24 : 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
• Heb 9:9-9 : 9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. 11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
• Heb 10:8-9 : 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
• Heb 10:19-21 : 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
• Isa 60:22 : 22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
• Isa 61:4 : 4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.