Jeremiah 26:6

“then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse for all the nations of the earth.’””

Jeremiah 26:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 26:6, word by word

then I will makeנָתַתִּיnatati

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

Where else “natati” appears
this houseבַּיִתbayit

temple

The temple: "the house of YHWH".

Where else “bayit” appears
like Shilohשִׁלֹהshilo

Shiloh

See it on the mapWhere else “shilo” appears
and this cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

Where else “ir” appears
a curseקְלָלָהkelala

curse

Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.

Where else “kelala” appears
the nationsגּוֹיֵיgoye

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goye” appears
of the earth.’אָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears

Places in this verse

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

    Today: Khirbet Seilun (Tel Shiloh), West Bank

    A town in the hills of Ephraim, about 19 miles (30 km) north of Jerusalem.

    The tabernacle stood there in the days of Joshua and Eli (Josh 18:1; 1 Sam 1:3). Hannah prayed there, and Samuel was born (1 Sam 1:9-20).

    Joshua 18:11 Samuel 1:31 Samuel 4:3Jeremiah 7:12

The context

5to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I am sending to you, rising early and sending, but you have not listened,

6 · This verse (above)

7And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of YHWH.

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