Jeremiah 50:33

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת עֲשׁוּקִ֛ים בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל וּבְנֵי־יְהוּדָ֖ה יַחְדָּ֑ו וְכָל־שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם֙ הֶחֱזִ֣יקוּ בָ֔ם מֵאֲנ֖וּ שַׁלְּחָֽם׃

Transliteration

Thus ʾāmar YHWH ṣĕbāʾôt, ʿăšûqîm sons-of-yiśrāʾēl and-sons-of-yĕhûdâ yaḥdāw; and-all-šōbêhem heḥĕzîqû in-them, mēʾănû šallĕḥām.

Grammar Details

*kōh*: adverb - thus/so
*ʾāmar*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - says/said
*YHWH*: proper noun - personal name of God
*ṣĕbāʾôt*: feminine plural noun, construct state - of hosts/armies
*ʿăšûqîm*: Qal passive participle, masculine plural - oppressed/exploited ones
*bĕnê*: masculine plural noun, construct - sons of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*û*: conjunction - and
*yĕhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
*yaḥdāw*: adverb - together/at the same time
*kāl*: construct noun - all of
*šōbêhem*: Qal participle, masculine plural with 3rd plural suffix - their captors
*heḥĕzîqû*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd plural - they have seized/held firmly
*bām*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - in them
*mēʾănû*: Piel perfect, 3rd plural - they have refused
*šallĕḥām*: Piel infinitive construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to release/let them go

Word Meanings

*ʿăšûqîm*: oppressed/exploited/defrauded ones
*šōbêhem*: their captors/captives/captivity
*heḥĕzîqû*: seized strongly/held fast/grasped firmly
*mēʾănû*: refused/were unwilling/declined
*šallĕḥām*: to release them/let them go/send them away

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Referenced Verses

Isa 14:17 : 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Isa 58:6 : 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Jer 34:15-18 : 15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: 16 But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
Jer 50:7 : 7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
Jer 50:17-18 : 17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
Jer 51:34-36 : 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. 35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. 36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
Zech 1:15-16 : 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
Isa 47:6 : 6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
Isa 49:24-26 : 24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? 25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Isa 51:23 : 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
Isa 52:4-6 : 4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. 5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. 6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
Exod 5:2 : 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Exod 8:2 : 2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
Exod 9:2-3 : 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
Exod 9:17-18 : 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

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