Jeremiah 14:16

“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.”

Jeremiah 14:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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are prophesyingנִבְּאִיםnibim

prophesy

To speak what God's spirit gives to say.

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will beיִהְיוּyihyu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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thrown outמֻשְׁלָכִיםmushlachim

throw

To throw something with force, far off or down.

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in the streetsחֻצוֹתchutsot

street

The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.

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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.

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of the famineרָעָבraav

famine, hunger

Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.

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and the swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

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to bury themמְקַבֵּרmekaber

bury

Bury.

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their wivesנְשֵׁיneshe

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

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their sonsבְנֵיvene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and their daughtersבְנֹתֵיvenote

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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and I will pour outשָׁפַכְתִּיshafachti

spill

To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.

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their evilרָעָתָraata

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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Places in this verse

Jerusalem
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    2 Samuel 5:61 Kings 8:1Luke 2:22Acts 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.

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