Jeremiah 31:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אוֹתָ֜ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֗וֹן וְקִבַּצְתִּים֮ מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־אָרֶץ֒ בָּ֚ם עִוֵּ֣ר וּפִסֵּ֔חַ הָרָ֥ה וְיֹלֶ֖דֶת יַחְדָּ֑ו קָהָ֥ל גָּד֖וֹל יָשׁ֥וּבוּ הֵֽנָּה׃

Transliteration

Hinənî mēbîʾ ʾôtām from ʾereṣ ṣāpôn, and qibbaṣtîm from yarkətê-ʾāreṣ; among them ʿiwwēr and pissēaḥ, hārâ and yōledet yaḥdāw; qāhāl gādôl yāšûbû here.

Grammar Details

• *Hinənî*: interjection with 1st person singular suffix - behold me/here I am
• *mēbîʾ*: verb, hiphil participle, masculine singular - bringing
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land
• *ṣāpôn*: noun, masculine singular - north
• *qibbaṣtîm*: verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I will gather them
• *yarkətê*: noun, feminine plural construct - remote parts/ends
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land
• *ʿiwwēr*: adjective, masculine singular - blind
• *pissēaḥ*: adjective, masculine singular - lame
• *hārâ*: adjective, feminine singular - pregnant
• *yōledet*: verb, qal participle, feminine singular - giving birth
• *yaḥdāw*: adverb - together
• *qāhāl*: noun, masculine singular - assembly/congregation
• *gādôl*: adjective, masculine singular - great/large
• *yāšûbû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will return

Word Meanings

• *Hinənî*: behold me/here I am/look, I am about to
• *mēbîʾ*: bringing/causing to come
• *ʾereṣ*: land/earth/territory
• *ṣāpôn*: north/northern region
• *qibbaṣtîm*: I will gather them/collect them/assemble them
• *yarkətê*: remote parts/ends/extremities
• *ʿiwwēr*: blind person/blind
• *pissēaḥ*: lame person/lame
• *hārâ*: pregnant woman/with child
• *yōledet*: woman giving birth/one who bears
• *yaḥdāw*: together/at the same time/altogether
• *qāhāl*: assembly/congregation/community
• *yāšûbû*: they will return/come back/turn back

Referenced Verses

• Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
• Ezek 34:13 : 13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
• Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
• Mic 4:6 : 6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
• Jer 23:8 : 8 But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
• Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
• Jer 3:18 : 18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
• Isa 43:6 : 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
• Isa 52:10 : 10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
• Deut 30:4 : 4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
• 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
• Heb 12:12 : 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
• Heb 4:15 : 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
• Jer 29:14 : 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
• Ezek 20:34 : 34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
• Ezek 20:41 : 41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
• Ps 65:5 : 5 By terrible things{H8737)} in righteousness wilt thou answer{H8799)} us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
• Ps 98:3 : 3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Ps 107:3 : 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
• Jer 3:12 : 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
• Isa 45:22 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• Zeph 3:19 : 19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
• Zech 2:6 : 6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
• Matt 12:20 : 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
• John 21:15 : 15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
• 1 Cor 8:10 : 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;