Jeremiah 43:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִצַּ֣תִּי אֵ֗שׁ בְּבָתֵּי֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י מִצְרַ֔יִם וּשְׂרָפָ֖ם וְשָׁבָ֑ם וְעָטָה֩ אֶת־אֶ֨רֶץ מִצְרַ֜יִם כַּאֲשֶׁר־יַעְטֶ֤ה הָֽרֹעֶה֙ אֶת־בִּגְד֔וֹ וְיָצָ֥א מִשָּׁ֖ם בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

And I will kindle wə-hiṣṣattî ʾēš in bə-bāttê ʾĕlōhê Miṣrayim and he will burn them û-śərāpām and he will take them captive wə-šābām, and he will wrap wə-ʿāṭāh ʾet-ʾereṣ Miṣrayim as ka-ʾăšer-wraps yaʿṭeh the hā-rōʿeh ʾet-his bigdô, and he will go out wə-yāṣāʾ from there mišām in bə-šālôm.

Grammar Details

• *wə-hiṣṣattî*: conjunction + verb, perfect, 1st person singular, Hiphil - and I will kindle
• *ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire
• *bə-bāttê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - in the houses of
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - gods of
• *Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *û-śərāpām*: conjunction + verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he will burn them
• *wə-šābām*: conjunction + verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he will take them captive
• *wə-ʿāṭāh*: conjunction + verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will wrap
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *ka-ʾăšer*: preposition + relative pronoun - as/like
• *yaʿṭeh*: verb, imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - wraps
• *hā-rōʿeh*: definite article + participle, masculine singular - the shepherd
• *bigdô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his garment
• *wə-yāṣāʾ*: conjunction + verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will go out
• *mišām*: preposition + adverb - from there
• *bə-šālôm*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in peace

Word Meanings

• *hiṣṣattî*: I will kindle/I will set on fire
• *ʾēš*: fire/flame
• *bāttê*: houses/temples
• *ʾĕlōhê*: gods/deities
• *śərāpām*: burn them/consume them with fire
• *šābām*: take them captive/capture them
• *ʿāṭāh*: wrap/cover/clothe
• *rōʿeh*: shepherd/herdsman/pastor
• *beged*: garment/clothing/covering
• *šālôm*: peace/completeness/safety

Referenced Verses

• Jer 46:25 : 25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
• Ezek 30:13 : 13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
• Isa 49:18 : 18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
• Exod 12:12 : 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
• Ps 109:18-19 : 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
• Isa 19:1 : 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
• Jer 48:7 : 7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
• Ps 104:2 : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
• Zeph 2:11 : 11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
• Rom 13:12 : 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
• Eph 4:24 : 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
• Eph 6:11 : 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
• Col 3:12 : 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
• Col 3:14 : 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
• 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.
• Jer 51:44 : 44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
• Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
• Isa 59:17 : 17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
• Isa 61:5 : 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
• Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
• Isa 21:9 : 9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
• Isa 46:1 : 1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
• Ps 132:16 : 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
• Ps 132:18 : 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
• 2 Sam 5:21 : 21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
• Esth 6:9 : 9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
• Job 40:10 : 10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.