Jeremiah 48:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you shall also be taken; and Chemosh shall go into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֠י יַ֣עַן בִּטְחֵ֤ךְ בְּמַעֲשַׂ֙יִךְ֙ וּבְא֣וֹצְרוֹתַ֔יִךְ גַּם־אַ֖תְּ תִּלָּכֵ֑דִי וְיָצָ֤א *כמיש **כְמוֹשׁ֙ בַּגּוֹלָ֔ה כֹּהֲנָ֥יו וְשָׂרָ֖יו *יחד **יַחְדָּֽיו׃

Transliteration

For yaʿan biṭḥēḵ in bᵉmaʿăśayiḵ and in ûḇᵉʾôṣᵉrôṯayiḵ, even you tillāḵēḏî [will be captured]; and wᵉyāṣāʾ Kᵉmôš in baggôlāh [exile], his kōhănāyw and his śārāyw yaḥdāw [together].

Grammar Details

• *kî yaʿan*: conjunction + preposition - 'because/since'
• *biṭḥēḵ*: Qal infinitive construct + 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your trusting'
• *bᵉ-maʿăśayiḵ*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'in your works/deeds'
• *û-ḇᵉ-ʾôṣᵉrôṯayiḵ*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'and in your treasures'
• *gam*: adverb - 'also/even'
• *ʾatt*: pronoun, 2nd feminine singular - 'you'
• *tillāḵēḏî*: Niphal imperfect 2nd feminine singular - 'you will be captured/caught'
• *wᵉ-yāṣāʾ*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he will go out'
• *Kᵉmôš*: proper noun - 'Chemosh (Moabite deity)'
• *ba-ggôlāh*: preposition + article + noun, feminine singular - 'into the exile'
• *kōhănāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his priests'
• *wᵉ-śārāyw*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'and his princes/officials'
• *yaḥdāw*: adverb - 'together'

Word Meanings

• *biṭḥēḵ*: your trust/your confidence
• *maʿăśayiḵ*: your works/your deeds/your achievements
• *ʾôṣᵉrôṯayiḵ*: your treasures/your storehouses
• *tillāḵēḏî*: you will be captured/caught/seized
• *Kᵉmôš*: Chemosh (national deity of Moab)
• *gôlāh*: exile/captivity
• *kōhănāyw*: his priests/his religious officials
• *śārāyw*: his princes/his officials/his rulers
• *yaḥdāw*: together/all at once/at the same time

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you too will be captured! Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials together.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For, because thou hast trusted in thy stronge holdes and treasure, thou shalt be taken. Chamos with his prestes and prynces shall go awaye in to captiuyte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For because thou hast trusted in thy workes and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken, and Chemosh shall goe forth into captiuitie with his Priestes and his princes together.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For because thou hast trusted in thine owne workes and treasure, thou shalt be taken: Chamos with his priestes and princes shall go away into captiuitie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity [with] his priests and his princes together.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also shall be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For, because of thy trusting in thy works, And in thy treasures, even thou art captured, And gone out hath Chemosh in a removal, His priests and his heads together.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For because you have put your faith in your strong places, you, even you, will be taken: and Chemosh will go out as a prisoner, his priests and his rulers together.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also shall be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Moab, you trust in the things you do and in your riches. So you too will be conquered. Your god Chemosh will go into exile along with his priests and his officials.

Referenced Verses

• Num 21:29 : 29 Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh: he has given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
• Jer 49:3 : 3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed: cry out, you daughters of Rabbah, clothe yourselves with sackcloth; mourn, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king will go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
• Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus says the LORD, 'Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches:
• Jer 48:13 : 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
• Jer 48:46 : 46 Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh perish, for your sons are taken captive and your daughters captive.
• 1 Kgs 11:33 : 33 Because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
• Ps 52:7 : 7 Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
• Isa 46:1-2 : 1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols are upon the beasts and upon the cattle; your carriages are heavily loaded; they are a burden to the weary animal. 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but they themselves have gone into captivity.
• Isa 59:4-6 : 4 No one calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth: they trust in vanity and speak lies; they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch viper’s eggs and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies, and what is crushed breaks out into a viper. 6 Their webs will not become garments, nor will they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
• Ps 62:8-9 : 8 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. 10 Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
• Ps 40:4 : 4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
• Ps 49:6-7 : 6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
• Judg 11:24 : 24 Will you not possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever the LORD our God drives out from before us, them will we possess.
• 1 Kgs 11:7 : 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
• Jer 13:25 : 25 This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, says the LORD; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
• Jer 43:12 : 12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he shall go forth from there in peace.
• Ezek 28:2-5 : 2 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God: 3 Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you: 4 With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gained riches for yourself, and gathered gold and silver into your treasures: 5 By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches:
• Hos 10:13 : 13 You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies: because you trusted in your own way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
• Rev 18:7 : 7 As much as she has glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and sorrow: for she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.