Jeremiah 46:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol, and proclaim in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say, Stand fast, and prepare yourself; for the sword shall devour around you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַגִּ֤ידוּ בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וְהַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ בְמִגְדּ֔וֹל וְהַשְׁמִ֥יעוּ בְנֹ֖ף וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס אִמְר֗וּ הִתְיַצֵּב֙ וְהָכֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־אָכְלָ֥ה חֶ֖רֶב סְבִיבֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

Haggîdû in-Miṣrayim wə-hašmîʿû in-Migdôl, wə-hašmîʿû in-Nōp and-in-Taḥpanḥēs; ʾimrû: 'hityaṣṣēḇ wə-hāḵēn for-lāḵ, kî-ʾāḵəlāh ḥereḇ səḇîḇeḵā.'

Grammar Details

• *haggîdû*: hiphil imperative, masculine plural - declare/tell
• *Miṣrayim*: proper name with preposition (בְּ) - in Egypt
• *wə*-*hašmîʿû*: conjunction + hiphil imperative, masculine plural - and proclaim
• *Migdôl*: proper name with preposition (בְּ) - in Migdol
• *Nōp*: proper name with preposition (בְּ) - in Noph/Memphis
• *Taḥpanḥēs*: proper name with preposition (בְּ) - in Tahpanhes
• *ʾimrû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - say
• *hityaṣṣēḇ*: hithpael imperative, masculine singular - take your stand
• *wə*-*hāḵēn*: conjunction + hiphil imperative, masculine singular - and prepare
• *lāḵ*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - for yourself
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʾāḵəlāh*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has devoured
• *ḥereḇ*: noun, feminine singular - sword
• *səḇîḇeḵā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your surroundings

Word Meanings

• *haggîdû*: declare/tell/announce
• *hašmîʿû*: proclaim/announce/make heard
• *hityaṣṣēḇ*: take your stand/station yourself/stand firm
• *hāḵēn*: prepare/make ready/establish
• *ʾāḵəlāh*: devoured/consumed/eaten
• *səḇîḇeḵā*: your surroundings/around you/your neighbors

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Announce it in Egypt, proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it also in Memphis and Tahpanhes: 'Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword has devoured those around you.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Declare{H5046} ye in Egypt,{H4714} and publish{H8085} in Migdol,{H4024} and publish{H8085} in Memphis{H5297} and in Tahpanhes:{H8471} say{H559} ye, Stand forth,{H3320} and prepare{H3559} thee; for the sword{H2719} hath devoured{H398} round about{H5439} thee.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Declare{H5046}{(H8685)} ye in Egypt{H4714}, and publish{H8085}{(H8685)} in Migdol{H4024}, and publish{H8085}{(H8685)} in Noph{H5297} and in Tahpanhes{H8471}: say{H559}{(H8798)} ye, Stand fast{H3320}{(H8690)}, and prepare{H3559}{(H8685)} thee; for the sword{H2719} shall devour{H398}{(H8804)} round about{H5439} thee.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Preach out thorow the londe of Egipte, and cause it be proclamed at Migdal, Memphis and Taphnis, and saye: Stonde still, make the redie, for the swearde shal consume the rounde aboute.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Publish in Egypt and declare in Migdol, and proclaime in Noph, and in Tahpanhes, & say, Stand still, and prepare thee: for the sworde shall deuoure rounde about thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Preache out thorowe the lande of Egypt, and cause it to be proclaymed at Migdol, Noph, and Thaphnis, and say: stande styll, make thee redye, for the sworde shall consume thee rounde about.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Declare you in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say you, Stand forth, and prepare you; for the sword has devoured round about you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Declare ye in Egypt, and sound in Migdol, Yea, sound in Noph, and in Tahpanhes say: Station thyself, yea, prepare for thee, For a sword hath devoured around thee,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand forth, and prepare thee; for the sword hath devoured round about thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand forth, and prepare thee; for the sword hath devoured round about thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give the news in Migdol, make it public in Noph: say, Take up your positions and make yourselves ready; for on every side of you the sword has made destruction.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Declare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say, Stand forth, and prepare; for the sword has devoured around you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Make an announcement throughout Egypt. Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes.‘Take your positions and prepare to do battle. For the enemy army is destroying all the nations around you.’

Referenced Verses

• Jer 44:1 : 1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who live in the land of Egypt, who live at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
• Jer 46:10 : 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself on his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
• Jer 43:8-9 : 8 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 9 Take large stones in your hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick kiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
• Nah 2:13 : 13 Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions: and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard.
• Jer 46:3-4 : 3 Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. 4 Harness the horses; and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; polish the spears, and put on the armor.
• Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Isa 1:20 : 20 But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.
• Isa 31:8 : 8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
• Isa 34:6 : 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
• Exod 14:2 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baalzephon: before it you shall camp by the sea.
• 2 Sam 2:26 : 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long shall it be before you tell the people to return from pursuing their brothers?
• Jer 6:1-5 : 1 O you children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal of fire in Bethhaccerem, for evil appears out of the north, and great destruction. 2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a lovely and delicate woman. 3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all around; they shall feed everyone in his place. 4 Prepare war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us, for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. 5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
• Jer 12:12 : 12 The destroyers have come upon all the high places in the wilderness; for the sword of the LORD shall devour from one end of the land even to the other end of the land; no flesh shall have peace.
• Ezek 30:16-18 : 16 I will set fire in Egypt: Sin will suffer great pain, No will be torn apart, and Noph will have distresses daily. 17 The young men of Aven and Pibeseth will fall by the sword: and these cities will go into captivity. 18 At Tehaphnehes the day will be darkened, when I break there the yokes of Egypt: the pomp of her strength will cease in her: as for her, a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
• Joel 3:9-9 : 9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong. 11 Assemble yourselves and come, all you nations, and gather yourselves together round about; cause your mighty ones to come down there, O LORD. 12 Let the nations be stirred up, and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.