Jeremiah 52:8

World English Bible (2000)

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּ חֵיל־כַּשְׂדִּים֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיַּשִּׂ֥יגוּ אֶת־צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת יְרֵח֑וֹ וְכָל־חֵיל֔וֹ נָפֹ֖צוּ מֵעָלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wa-yirdəpû ḥêl-kaśdîm ʾaḥărê ha-melek wa-yaśśîgû ʾet-ṣidqîyāhû bə-ʿarbôt yərēḥô wə-kāl-ḥêlô nāpōṣû mē-ʿālāyw

Grammar Details

• *wa*-*yirdəpû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they pursued
• *ḥêl*-*kaśdîm*: noun construct + proper noun, plural - army of Chaldeans
• *ʾaḥărê*: preposition - after
• *ha*-*melek*: definite article + noun - the king
• *wa*-*yaśśîgû*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they overtook
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ṣidqîyāhû*: proper noun - Zedekiah
• *bə*-*ʿarbôt*: preposition + noun, plural construct - in plains of
• *yərēḥô*: proper noun - Jericho
• *wə*-*kāl*-*ḥêlô*: conjunction + noun construct + noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and all his army
• *nāpōṣû*: Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - were scattered
• *mē*-*ʿālāyw*: preposition + preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from him

Word Meanings

• *yirdəpû*: pursued/chased
• *yaśśîgû*: overtook/caught up to/reached
• *ʿarbôt*: plains/deserts/steppes
• *nāpōṣû*: were scattered/dispersed/spread out

Referenced Verses

• Jer 21:7 : 7 Afterward, says Yahweh, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life: and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
• Jer 32:4 : 4 and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;
• Jer 34:21 : 21 Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, who have gone away from you.
• Jer 38:23 : 23 They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.
• Jer 39:5 : 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment on him.
• Lam 4:19-20 : 19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
• Ezek 12:12-14 : 12 The prince who is among them shall bear on his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the land with his eyes. 13 My net also will I spread on him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. 14 I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
• Ezek 17:20-21 : 20 I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me. 21 All his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
• Amos 2:14-15 : 14 Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself; 15 neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won't escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;
• Amos 9:1-4 : 1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, "Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. 2 Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down. 3 Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them. 4 Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.
• Jer 37:18 : 18 Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?
• Isa 30:16-17 : 16 but you said, "No, for we will flee on horses;" therefore you will flee; and, "We will ride on the swift;" therefore those who pursue you will be swift. 17 One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.