And the peopleוְהָעָםto whomאֲשֶׁר לָהֶםtheyהֵמָּהare prophesyingנִבְּאִיםwill beיִהְיוּthrown outמֻשְׁלָכִיםin the streetsבְּחֻצוֹתof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםbecauseמִפְּנֵיof the famineהָרָעָבand the sword,וְהַחֶרֶבwith no oneוְאֵיןto bury them,מְקַבֵּר לָהֵמָּהthem,הֵמָּהtheir wives,נְשֵׁיהֶםtheir sons,וּבְנֵיהֶםand their daughters;וּבְנֹתֵיהֶםand I will pour outוְשָׁפַכְתִּיon themעֲלֵיהֶםtheir evil.רָעָתָם
Jeremiah 14:16
Study it in the app“And the people to whom they are prophesying will be thrown out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, with no one to bury them, them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters; and I will pour out on them their evil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 14:16, word by word
- And the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- are prophesyingנִבְּאִיםnibim
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “nibim” appears- will beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- thrown outמֻשְׁלָכִיםmushlachim
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “mushlachim” appears- in the streetsחֻצוֹתchutsot
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- becauseפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- of the famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- and the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- to bury themמְקַבֵּרmekaber
bury
Bury.
Where else “mekaber” appears- their wivesנְשֵׁיneshe
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “neshe” appears- their sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- and their daughtersבְנֹתֵיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- and I will pour outשָׁפַכְתִּיshafachti
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shafachti” appears- their evilרָעָתָraata
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raata” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
15Therefore thus says YHWH concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, although I did not send them, and they say: ‘Sword and famine there will not be in this land.’ By sword and by famine those prophets will be finished off.
16 · This verse (above)
17And you will say to them this word: ‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for with a great breaking has been broken the virgin daughter of my people, a wound incurable, very grievous.