Jeremiah 9:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּבֵּ֗ר כֹּ֚ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְנָֽפְלָה֙ נִבְלַ֣ת הָֽאָדָ֔ם כְּדֹ֖מֶן עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּכְעָמִ֛יר מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י הַקֹּצֵ֖ר וְאֵ֥ין מְאַסֵּֽף׃

Transliteration

dabbēr thus nĕ'um-YHWH wĕnāpĕlāh niblat hā'ādām like-dōmen upon-pĕnê haśśādeh and-like-'āmîr from-behind haqqōṣēr and-'ên mĕ'assēp

Grammar Details

• *dabbēr*: imperative verb, 2nd person masculine singular, piel - speak
• *nĕ'um*: masculine noun, construct state - declaration of
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *wĕnāpĕlāh*: conjunction + perfect verb with waw consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and will fall
• *niblat*: feminine noun, construct state - corpse of
• *hā'ādām*: masculine noun with definite article - the man
• *dōmen*: masculine noun with prefixed preposition - like dung
• *pĕnê*: masculine plural noun, construct state with prefixed preposition - upon the face of
• *haśśādeh*: masculine noun with definite article - the field
• *'āmîr*: masculine noun with prefixed preposition - and like a sheaf
• *haqqōṣēr*: participle, masculine singular with definite article and prefixed preposition - from behind the reaper
• *'ên*: negative existential particle - there is not
• *mĕ'assēp*: participle, masculine singular, piel - gatherer

Word Meanings

• *dabbēr*: speak/say/tell
• *nĕ'um-YHWH*: declaration of YHWH/utterance of YHWH
• *wĕnāpĕlāh*: and will fall/drop/collapse
• *niblat*: corpse of/carcass of/dead body of
• *hā'ādām*: the man/humankind/people
• *dōmen*: dung/manure/refuse
• *pĕnê haśśādeh*: face of the field/surface of the field
• *'āmîr*: sheaf/bundle of grain/swath
• *haqqōṣēr*: the reaper/harvester
• *'ên mĕ'assēp*: there is no gatherer/no one collecting

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 36:17 : 17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
• Jer 6:11 : 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
• Jer 15:7 : 7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
• Ezek 9:5-6 : 5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
• Amos 6:10-11 : 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. 11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
• Ezek 21:14-15 : 14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. 15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.