Jeremiah 9:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַהֲפִֽצוֹתִים֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ הֵ֖מָּה וַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑ם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙ אֶת־הַחֶ֔רֶב עַ֥ד כַּלּוֹתִ֖י אוֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

wahăpîṣôtîm among-the-gôyîm 'ăšer lō' yādĕ'û hēmmāh and-'ăbôtām wĕšillaḥtî after-'aḥărêhem 'et-the-ḥereb until kallôtî 'ôtām

Grammar Details

*wahăpîṣôtîm*: conjunction + perfect verb, 1st person singular, hiphil with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and I will scatter them
*gôyîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article and prefixed preposition - among the nations
*'ăšer*: relative particle - whom
*lō'*: negative particle - not
*yādĕ'û*: perfect verb, 3rd person common plural - they have known
*hēmmāh*: personal pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - they
*'ăbôtām*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their fathers
*wĕšillaḥtî*: conjunction + perfect verb, 1st person singular - and I will send
*'aḥărêhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - after them
*'et*: direct object marker
*ḥereb*: feminine noun with definite article - the sword
*kallôtî*: infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - my consuming
*'ôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them

Word Meanings

*wahăpîṣôtîm*: and I will scatter them/disperse them/spread them
*gôyîm*: nations/peoples/gentiles
*yādĕ'û*: they have known/recognized/experienced
*wĕšillaḥtî*: and I will send/dispatch/let loose
*ḥereb*: sword/war/violence
*kallôtî*: my consuming/finishing/completing
*'ôtām*: them

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Referenced Verses

Jer 8:14 : 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Ps 80:5 : 5 Thou feedest{H8689)} them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink{H8686)} in great measure.
Lam 3:15 : 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Jer 23:15 : 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
Jer 25:15 : 15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
Isa 2:17 : 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Deut 29:18 : 18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
Ps 60:3 : 3 Thou hast shewed{H8689)} thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink{H8689)} the wine of astonishment.
Ps 69:21 : 21 They gave{H8799)} me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink{H8686)}.
Ps 75:8 : 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red{H8804)}; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out{H8686)} of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out{H8799)}, and drink{H8799)} them.
Lam 3:19 : 19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Rev 8:11 : 11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

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15Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
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15For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
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