Jeremiah 9:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִתְבּֽוֹנְנ֛וּ וְקִרְא֥וּ לַמְקוֹנְנ֖וֹת וּתְבוֹאֶ֑ינָה וְאֶל־הַחֲכָמ֥וֹת שִׁלְח֖וּ וְתָבֽוֹאנָה׃

Transliteration

Thus 'āmar YHWH ṣĕbā'ôt hitbônĕnû wĕqir'û to-the-mĕqônĕnôt ûtĕbô'eynāh and-to-the-ḥăkāmôt šilḥû wĕtābô'nāh

Grammar Details

• *'āmar*: perfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular - has said
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ṣĕbā'ôt*: feminine plural noun - of hosts
• *hitbônĕnû*: imperative verb, 2nd person masculine plural, hitpael - consider
• *wĕqir'û*: conjunction + imperative verb, 2nd person masculine plural - and call
• *mĕqônĕnôt*: feminine plural participle with prefixed preposition and definite article - to the mourning women
• *ûtĕbô'eynāh*: conjunction + imperfect verb, 3rd person feminine plural - and let them come
• *ḥăkāmôt*: feminine plural adjective with definite article and prefixed preposition - and to the wise women
• *šilḥû*: imperative verb, 2nd person masculine plural - send
• *wĕtābô'nāh*: conjunction + imperfect verb, 3rd person feminine plural - and let them come

Word Meanings

• *'āmar*: said/spoke/declared
• *ṣĕbā'ôt*: of hosts/armies/multitudes
• *hitbônĕnû*: consider/understand/pay attention
• *wĕqir'û*: and call/summon/invite
• *mĕqônĕnôt*: mourning women/professional mourners/wailing women
• *ûtĕbô'eynāh*: and let them come/arrive/appear
• *ḥăkāmôt*: wise women/skilled women
• *šilḥû*: send/dispatch/let go
• *wĕtābô'nāh*: and let them come/arrive/appear

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:33 : 33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
• Deut 28:64 : 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
• Ezek 5:2 : 2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
• Ezek 5:12 : 12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
• Jer 44:27 : 27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
• Jer 13:24 : 24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
• Jer 15:2-4 : 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. 4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
• Jer 24:10 : 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
• Jer 25:27 : 27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
• Jer 29:17 : 17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
• Jer 49:36-37 : 36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. 37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
• Ezek 11:17 : 17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
• Ezek 12:15 : 15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
• Ezek 14:17 : 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
• Ezek 20:23 : 23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
• Zech 7:14 : 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
• Jas 1:1 : 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
• Deut 32:26 : 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
• Neh 1:8 : 8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
• Ps 106:27 : 27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
• Deut 4:27 : 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
• Deut 28:25 : 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Deut 28:36 : 36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.