Jeremiah 6:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֻּלָּם֙ סָרֵ֣י סֽוֹרְרִ֔ים הֹלְכֵ֥י רָכִ֖יל נְחֹ֣שֶׁת וּבַרְזֶ֑ל כֻּלָּ֥ם מַשְׁחִיתִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה׃

Transliteration

All-of-them sārê sôrərîm hōləḵê rāḵîl nəḥōšet and-barzel all-of-them mašḥîtîm they.

Grammar Details

*sārê*: qal participle, masculine plural construct - rebels of
*sôrərîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - rebellious ones
*hōləḵê*: qal participle, masculine plural construct - those who walk in
*rāḵîl*: noun, masculine singular - slander
*nəḥōšet*: noun, feminine singular - bronze/copper
*barzel*: noun, masculine singular - iron
*mašḥîtîm*: hiphil participle, masculine plural - destroyers/corrupters

Word Meanings

*sārê* *sôrərîm*: extreme rebels/most rebellious ones
*hōləḵê* *rāḵîl*: gossips/slanderers/talebearers
*nəḥōšet* *ûbarzel*: bronze and iron/stubborn and obstinate
*mašḥîtîm*: destroyers/corrupters/ruiners

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Referenced Verses

Jer 9:4 : 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
Jer 5:23 : 23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Jer 20:10 : 10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Ezek 22:18-22 : 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. 21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. 22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.
Rev 11:18 : 18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
Rev 19:2 : 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
Jer 6:30 : 30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
Ps 50:20 : 20 Thou sittest{H8799)} and speakest{H8762)} against thy brother; thou{H8799)} slanderest thine own mother's son.
Isa 1:4-5 : 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. 5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Isa 31:6 : 6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

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