Jeremiah 9:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִנְנִ֥י צוֹרְפָ֖ם וּבְחַנְתִּ֑ים כִּֽי־אֵ֣יךְ אֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃

Transliteration

lākēn thus 'āmar YHWH ṣĕbā'ôt hinĕnî ṣôrĕpām ûbĕḥantîm kî-how 'e'ĕśeh from-pĕnê bat-'ammî

Grammar Details

• *lākēn*: adverb - therefore
• *'āmar*: perfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular - he has said
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ṣĕbā'ôt*: feminine plural noun - of hosts/armies
• *hinĕnî*: interjection with 1st person singular suffix - behold me
• *ṣôrĕpām*: participle, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - refining them
• *ûbĕḥantîm*: conjunction + perfect verb, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and I will test them
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *'e'ĕśeh*: imperfect verb, 1st person singular - I will do
• *pĕnê*: masculine plural noun, construct state with prefixed preposition - from the face of
• *bat*: feminine noun, construct state - daughter of
• *'ammî*: masculine noun with 1st person singular suffix - my people

Word Meanings

• *lākēn*: therefore/thus/for this reason
• *'āmar*: said/spoke/declared
• *ṣĕbā'ôt*: of hosts/armies/multitudes
• *hinĕnî*: behold me/look, I am/here I am
• *ṣôrĕpām*: refining them/smelting them/purifying them
• *ûbĕḥantîm*: and I will test them/try them/examine them
• *'e'ĕśeh*: I will do/act/perform
• *pĕnê*: face of/presence of/because of
• *bat-'ammî*: daughter of my people (collective term for the people)

Referenced Verses

• Prov 1:24 : 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
• Prov 1:29 : 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
• Jer 13:10 : 10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
• Job 21:14-15 : 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
• John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
• 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
• Ps 120:2-6 : 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
• 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.
• Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
• Jer 5:27 : 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
• Jer 8:5 : 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
• Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.