Pour outשְׁפֹךְyour furyחֲמָתְךָon the nationsעַל הַגּוֹיִםthatאֲשֶׁרdo notלֹאknow you,יְדָעוּךָand onוְעַלthe familiesמִשְׁפָּחוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרdo notלֹאcallקָרָאוּon your name;בְּשִׁמְךָforכִּיthey have devouredאָכְלוּJacob;אֶת יַעֲקֹבthey have devoured himוַאֲכָלֻהוּand consumed him,וַיְכַלֻּהוּand his abodeוְאֶת נָוֵהוּthey have laid waste.הֵשַׁמּוּ
Jeremiah 10:25
Study it in the app“Pour out your fury on the nations that do not know you, and on the families that do not call on your name; for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him, and his abode they have laid waste.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 10:25, word by word
- Pour outשְׁפֹךְshefoch
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shefoch” appears- your furyחֲמָתְchamat
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamat” appears- on the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- know youיְדָעוּyedau
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yedau” appears- the familiesמִשְׁפָּחוֹתmishpachot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachot” appears- callקָרָאוּkarau
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “karau” appears- on your nameשִׁמְshim
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shim” appears- they have devouredאָכְלוּachlu
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achlu” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and consumed himיְכַלֻּyechalu
destroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “yechalu” appears- and his abodeנָוֵnave
abode
A place to live.
Where else “nave” appears- they have laid wasteהֵשַׁמּוּheshamu
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “heshamu” appears
Translation note
Almost the same words in Psalm 79:6-7.
The context
24Correct me, YHWH, but with justice, not in your anger, lest you reduce me.
25 · This verse (above)