Jeremiah 11:21

Webster's Bible (1833)

Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, You shall not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, that you not die by our hand;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ עַל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י עֲנָת֔וֹת הַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥ים אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹ֤א תִנָּבֵא֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א תָמ֖וּת בְּיָדֵֽנוּ׃

Transliteration

Therefore, thus-ʾāmar yhwh concerning-ʾanšê ʿănātôt hamĕbaqqĕšîm ʾet-napšĕkā lēʾmōr: Not tinnābēʾ in-šēm yhwh and-not tāmût in-yādēnû.

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmar*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said
• *yhwh*: proper noun - YHWH/LORD
• *ʾanšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - men of
• *ʿănātôt*: proper noun - Anathoth
• *hamĕbaqqĕšîm*: definite Piel participle, masculine plural - the ones seeking
• *napšĕkā*: noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your life/soul
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to say/saying
• *tinnābēʾ*: Niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you prophesy
• *šēm*: noun, masculine singular construct - name of
• *tāmût*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will die
• *yādēnû*: noun, feminine plural with 1st person plural suffix - our hands

Word Meanings

• *ʾanšê ʿănātôt*: men of Anathoth/people from Anathoth
• *hamĕbaqqĕšîm ʾet-napšĕkā*: who seek your life/who want to kill you/who are trying to take your soul
• *tinnābēʾ*: you prophesy/you speak as a prophet/you proclaim
• *tāmût bĕyādēnû*: you will die by our hands/we will kill you

Referenced Verses

• Amos 2:12 : 12 "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'
• Isa 30:10 : 10 who tell the seers, "Don't see;" and to the prophets, "Don't prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
• Jer 12:5-6 : 5 If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan? 6 For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don't believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.
• Jer 20:10 : 10 For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
• Luke 13:33-34 : 33 Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can't be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.' 34 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!
• Acts 7:51-52 : 51 "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do. 52 Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
• Jer 26:8 : 8 It happened, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, You shall surely die.
• Jer 38:1-6 : 1 Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying, 2 Thus says Yahweh, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live. 3 Thus says Yahweh, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it. 4 Then the princes said to the king, Let this man, we pray you, be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn't seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt. 5 Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you. 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
• Jer 20:1-2 : 1 Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 2 Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Yahweh.
• Amos 7:13-16 : 13 but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!" 14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore trees; 15 and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.' 16 Now therefore listen to the word of Yahweh: 'You say, Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the house of Isaac.'
• Mic 2:6-9 : 6 "Don't you prophesy!" They prophesy. "Don't prophesy about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us." 7 Shall it be said, O house of Jacob: "Is the Spirit of Yahweh angry? Are these his doings? Don't my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?" 8 But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. You strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from battle. 9 You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; From their young children you take away my blessing forever. 10 Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, Because of uncleanness that destroys, Even with a grievous destruction. 11 If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: 'I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink;' He would be the prophet of this people.
• Mic 7:6 : 6 For the son dishonors the father, The daughter rises up against her mother, The daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; A man's enemies are the men of his own house.
• Matt 10:21 : 21 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
• Matt 10:34-36 : 34 "Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 A man's foes will be those of his own household.
• Matt 21:35 : 35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
• Matt 22:6 : 6 and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
• Matt 23:34-37 : 34 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Most assuredly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. 37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!
• Luke 4:24 : 24 He said, "Most assuredly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.