Jeremiah 50:40

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֨ת אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־סְדֹ֧ם וְאֶת־עֲמֹרָ֛ה וְאֶת־שְׁכֵנֶ֖יהָ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה לֹֽא־יֵשֵׁ֥ב שָׁם֙ אִ֔ישׁ וְלֹֽא־יָג֥וּר בָּ֖הּ בֶּן־אָדָֽם׃

Transliteration

Like-mahpēkat ʾĕlōhîm ʾet-sĕdōm and-ʾet-ʿămōrâ and-ʾet-šĕkēneyhā, nĕʾum-YHWH; not-yēšēb there ʾîš and-not-yāgûr in-her ben-ʾādām.

Grammar Details

*kĕ*: preposition - like/as
*mahpēkat*: Qal infinitive construct - overthrow/destruction of
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun, functioning as singular - God
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*sĕdōm*: proper noun - Sodom
*wĕ*: conjunction - and
*ʿămōrâ*: proper noun - Gomorrah
*šĕkēneyhā*: masculine plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her neighbors
*nĕʾum*: masculine singular construct - declaration/utterance of
*YHWH*: proper noun - personal name of God
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yēšēb*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will dwell/inhabit
*šām*: adverb - there
*ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man/anyone
*yāgûr*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will sojourn/reside temporarily
*bāh*: preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - in her
*ben*: masculine singular noun, construct - son of
*ʾādām*: masculine singular noun - man/mankind

Word Meanings

*mahpēkat*: overthrow/destruction/overturning
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/divine being
*šĕkēneyhā*: her neighbors/neighboring towns
*nĕʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle
*yēšēb*: will dwell/inhabit/settle
*ʾîš*: man/anyone/person
*yāgûr*: will sojourn/reside temporarily/stay
*ben-ʾādām*: son of man/human being

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Referenced Verses

Gen 19:24-25 : 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Jer 49:18 : 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
Luke 17:28-30 : 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
2 Pet 2:6 : 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
Jude 1:7 : 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Rev 11:8 : 8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Rev 18:8-9 : 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. 9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
Jer 51:26 : 26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
Hos 11:8-9 : 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. 9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Amos 4:11 : 11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Zeph 2:9 : 9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
Deut 29:23 : 23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Isa 1:9 : 9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Isa 13:19-20 : 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

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