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And I will consecrateוְקִדַּשְׁתִּיagainst youעָלֶיךָdestroyers,מַשְׁחִתִיםeachאִישׁwith his weapons;וְכֵלָיוand they will cut downוְכָרְתוּyour choicestמִבְחַרcedarsאֲרָזֶיךָand make them fallוְהִפִּילוּinto the fire.עַל הָאֵשׁ
Jeremiah 22:7
Study it in the app“And I will consecrate against you destroyers, each with his weapons; and they will cut down your choicest cedars and make them fall into the fire.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 22:7, word by word
- And I will consecrateקִדַּשְׁתִּיkidashti
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “kidashti” appears- destroyersמַשְׁחִתִיםmashchitim
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “mashchitim” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- with his weaponsכֵלָיchelay
weapon
What is carried to war to fight with: sword, bow, spear.
Where else “chelay” appears- and they will cut downכָרְתוּchartu
cut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “chartu” appears- your choicestמִבְחַרmivchar
choicest, best
The best, the choicest.
Where else “mivchar” appears- cedarsאֲרָזֶיaraze
cedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “araze” appears- and make them fallהִפִּילוּhipilu
cast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “hipilu” appears- into the fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears
The context
6For thus says YHWH concerning the house of the king of Judah: “Gilead you are to me, the summit of Lebanon; yet surely I will make you a wilderness, cities not inhabited.
7 · This verse (above)
8And many nations will pass by this city, and they will say each to his neighbor, ‘Why has YHWH done thus to this great city?’