Lamentations 4:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פְּנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ חִלְּקָ֔ם לֹ֥א יוֹסִ֖יף לְהַבִּיטָ֑ם פְּנֵ֤י כֹהֲנִים֙ לֹ֣א נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּזְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א חָנָֽנוּ׃

Transliteration

The pənê YHWH ḥilləqām, not will he yôsîp̄ to ləhabbîṭām; the pənê ḵōhănîm not they nāśāʾû, and zəqēnîm not they ḥānānû

Grammar Details

*pənê*: masculine plural construct - faces of
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/the LORD
*ḥilləqām*: Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - he divided them/scattered them
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yôsîp̄*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will continue
*ləhabbîṭām*: preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to look at them
*ḵōhănîm*: masculine plural noun - priests
*nāśāʾû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they respected/lifted up
*û-zəqēnîm*: conjunction + masculine plural noun - and elders
*ḥānānû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they showed favor

Word Meanings

*pənê*: face/presence/person
*ḥilləqām*: scattered them/divided them/apportioned them
*yôsîp̄*: will continue/will add/will do again
*ləhabbîṭām*: to look at them/to regard them/to watch them
*nāśāʾû*: respected/showed honor to/lifted up
*ḥānānû*: showed favor/were gracious to/had mercy on

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Referenced Verses

Isa 9:14-16 : 14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. 15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
Lam 5:12 : 12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
Heb 8:9 : 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Jer 15:4 : 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 24:9 : 9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Lev 26:33-39 : 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. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
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 28:64-65 : 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. 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
Deut 32:26 : 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
2 Kgs 25:18-21 : 18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city: 20 And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: 21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
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.
Ps 106:44 : 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

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