Jeremiah 29:18

“And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and I will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse and a horror and a hissing and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,”

Jeremiah 29:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 29:18, word by word

And I will pursueרָדַפְתִּיradafti

pursue

To go after someone to catch them.

Where else “radafti” appears
with the swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

Where else “cherev” appears
with the famineרָעָבraav

famine, hunger

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

Where else “raav” appears
and with the pestilenceדָּבֶרdaver

plague, pestilence

Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.

Where else “daver” appears
and I will make themנְתַתִּיnetati

make

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

Where else “netati” appears
a terrorזַעֲוָהzaava

horror, object of terror

Something that makes those who see it tremble; also maltreatment.

Where else “zaava” appears
the kingdomsמַמְלְכוֹתmamlchot

kingdom

A land ruled by a king.

Where else “mamlchot” appears
of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
a curseאָלָהala

curse

Words of cursing.

Where else “ala” appears
and a horrorשַׁמָּהshama

horror

Something that horrifies everyone.

Where else “shama” appears
and a hissingשְׁרֵקָהshereka

hissing

Hissing: the whistle of scorn or astonishment of one who passes by a ruin; hence, "an object of scorn."

Where else “shereka” appears
and a reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa

disgrace, reproach

Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.

Where else “cherpa” appears
the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
I have driven themהִדַּחְתִּיhidachti

banish

To push a people far from their land.

Where else “hidachti” appears

The context

17thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Look, I am sending against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I will make them like the repulsive figs that cannot be eaten for badness.

18 · This verse (above)

19because they did not listen to my words, declares YHWH, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising early and sending; but you did not listen, declares YHWH.

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