Jeremiah 4:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַזְכִּ֣ירוּ לַגּוֹיִ֗ם הִנֵּה֙ הַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם נֹצְרִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ הַמֶּרְחָ֑ק וַֽיִּתְּנ֛וּ עַל־עָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה קוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

Hazkîrû to the gôyim, hinnēh hašmîʿû against Yərûšālaim, nōṣərîm bāʾîm from ʾereṣ the merḥāq, and yittənû against ʿārê Yəhûdāh their qôlām

Grammar Details

*Hazkîrû*: hiphil imperative, masculine plural - remind/mention
*gôyim*: masculine plural noun - nations
*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold/look
*hašmîʿû*: hiphil imperative, masculine plural - cause to hear/proclaim
*Yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*nōṣərîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - watchers/besiegers
*bāʾîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - coming
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular noun, construct - land of
*merḥāq*: masculine singular noun - distance/far country
*yittənû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + vav consecutive - they give/raise
*ʿārê*: feminine plural noun, construct - cities of
*Yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*qôlām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their voice

Word Meanings

*Hazkîrû*: remind/mention/proclaim
*gôyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples
*hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*hašmîʿû*: cause to hear/proclaim/announce
*nōṣərîm*: watchers/besiegers/guards
*bāʾîm*: coming/arriving/approaching
*ʾereṣ*: land/country/territory
*merḥāq*: distance/far country/far away
*yittənû*: give/raise/lift up
*ʿārê*: cities/towns
*qôlām*: their voice/sound/cry

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Referenced Verses

Jer 5:15 : 15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Ezek 21:22 : 22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
Isa 39:3 : 3 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.
Jer 2:15 : 15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Jer 4:17 : 17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
Jer 5:6 : 6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Jer 6:18 : 18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
Jer 16:6 : 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Jer 31:10 : 10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Jer 39:1 : 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
Jer 50:2 : 2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
Deut 28:49-52 : 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
Isa 34:1 : 1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

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