And Iוְ אֲנִיwill fightנִלְחַמְתִּיagainst youאִתְּכֶםwith an outstretchedנְטוּיָהhandבְּיָדand with a strongוּבִ חֲזָקָהarm,זְרוֹעַand with angerוּבְאַףand with furyוּבְחֵמָהand with greatגָּדוֹלwrath.וּבְקֶצֶף
Jeremiah 21:5
Study it in the app“And I will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, and with anger and with fury and with great wrath.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 21:5, word by word
- will fightנִלְחַמְתִּיnilchamti
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilchamti” appears- with an outstretchedנְטוּיָהnetuya
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “netuya” appears- handיָדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- and with a strongחֲזָקָהchazaka
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazaka” appears- armזְרוֹעַzeroa
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroa” appears- and with angerאַףaf
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “af” appears- and with furyחֵמָהchema
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chema” appears- and with greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- wrathקֶצֶףketsef
wrath
A violent anger poured out on someone, above all YHWH's.
Where else “ketsef” appears
Translation note
The words of the exodus from Egypt, “a strong hand and an outstretched arm” (Deuteronomy 26:8), appear here against the people itself.
The context
4‘Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: Look, I am turning back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
5 · This verse (above)
6And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both human being and animal; of a great pestilence they will die.