Jeremiah 46:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קוֹלָ֖הּ כַּנָּחָ֣שׁ יֵלֵ֑ךְ כִּֽי־בְחַ֣יִל יֵלֵ֔כוּ וּבְקַרְדֻּמּוֹת֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔הּ כְּחֹטְבֵ֖י עֵצִֽים׃

Transliteration

Qôlāh like-the-nāḥāš yēlēḵ, kî-with-ḥayil yēlēḵû and-with-qardummôt bāʾû against-her, like-ḥōṭəḇê ʿēṣîm.

Grammar Details

*qôlāh*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her voice
*nāḥāš*: noun, masculine singular with preposition of comparison (כַּ) - like the serpent
*yēlēḵ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - goes/moves
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ḥayil*: noun, masculine singular with preposition (בְּ) - with force/army
*yēlēḵû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they go/march
*qardummôt*: noun, feminine plural with preposition (בְּ) - with axes
*bāʾû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they have come
*lāh*: preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - against her
*ḥōṭəḇê*: qal participle, masculine plural construct - cutters of
*ʿēṣîm*: noun, common plural - trees/wood

Word Meanings

*qôlāh*: her voice/sound
*nāḥāš*: serpent/snake
*yēlēḵ*: goes/moves/advances
*ḥayil*: force/army/might
*yēlēḵû*: they go/march/advance
*qardummôt*: axes/hatchets
*ḥōṭəḇê* *ʿēṣîm*: wood cutters/lumberjacks

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Referenced Verses

Isa 14:8 : 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Isa 29:4 : 4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Isa 37:24 : 24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
Jer 51:20-23 : 20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; 21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; 23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
Mic 1:8 : 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
Mic 7:16 : 16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
Zech 11:2 : 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
Isa 10:15 : 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Isa 10:33-34 : 33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

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