Jeremiah 4:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֗יא יֵאָמֵ֤ר לָֽעָם־הַזֶּה֙ וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם ר֣וּחַ צַ֤ח שְׁפָיִים֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר דֶּ֖רֶךְ בַּת־עַמִּ֑י ל֥וֹא לִזְר֖וֹת וְל֥וֹא לְהָבַֽר׃

Transliteration

In the ʿēt hahîʾ yēʾāmēr to ʿām-the zeh and to Yərûšālaim, rûaḥ ṣaḥ šəpāyîm in the midbār, dereḵ bat-ʿammî, not to lizrôt and not to lhābar

Grammar Details

*ʿēt*: feminine singular noun, construct - time of
*hahîʾ*: feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - that
*yēʾāmēr*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be said
*ʿām*: masculine singular noun - people
*zeh*: masculine singular demonstrative pronoun - this
*Yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*rûaḥ*: feminine singular noun - wind/spirit
*ṣaḥ*: masculine singular adjective - clear/scorching
*šəpāyîm*: masculine plural noun - bare heights/barren hills
*midbār*: masculine singular noun - wilderness/desert
*dereḵ*: masculine singular noun, construct - way of
*bat*: feminine singular noun, construct - daughter of
*ʿammî*: masculine singular noun with 1st singular suffix - my people
*lizrôt*: qal infinitive construct - to winnow
*lhābar*: qal infinitive construct - to cleanse

Word Meanings

*ʿēt*: time/season/moment
*hahîʾ*: that/this
*yēʾāmēr*: will be said/spoken/declared
*rûaḥ*: wind/spirit/breath
*ṣaḥ*: clear/scorching/dry
*šəpāyîm*: bare heights/barren hills/mountaintops
*midbār*: wilderness/desert/uncultivated region
*dereḵ*: way/path/road
*bat*: daughter/girl/female
*ʿammî*: my people/my nation
*lizrôt*: to winnow/separate/scatter
*lhābar*: to cleanse/clean/purify

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 17:10 : 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
Hos 13:15 : 15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
Matt 3:12 : 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Luke 3:17 : 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Ezek 19:12 : 12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
Hos 13:3 : 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Isa 22:4 : 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Isa 27:8 : 8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
Isa 41:16 : 16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 64:6 : 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Jer 8:19 : 19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
Jer 9:1 : 1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Jer 9:7 : 7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
Jer 14:17 : 17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
Jer 23:19 : 19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
Jer 30:23-24 : 23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. 24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
Jer 51:1-2 : 1 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
Lam 2:11 : 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Lam 3:48 : 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Lam 4:3 : 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Lam 4:6 : 6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
Lam 4:10 : 10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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