Thereforeלָכֵןallכָּלwho devour youאֹכְלַיִךְwill be devoured,יֵאָכֵלוּand allוְכָלyour adversaries,צָרַיִךְall of them,כֻּלָּםwill goיֵלֵכוּinto captivity;בַּשְּׁבִיandוְthose who despoil youשֹׁאסַיִךְwill becomeהָיוּspoil,לִמְשִׁסָּהand allוְכָלwho plunder youבֹּזְזַיִךְI will giveאֶתֵּןto plunder.לָבַז
Jeremiah 30:16
Study it in the app“Therefore all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries, all of them, will go into captivity; and those who despoil you will become spoil, and all who plunder you I will give to plunder.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 30:16, word by word
- who devour youאֹכְלַיִochlayi
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “ochlayi” appears- your adversariesצָרַיִtsarayi
adversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsarayi” appears- will goיֵלֵכוּyelechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelechu” appears- into captivityשְּׁבִיshevi
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appears- those who despoil youשֹׁאסַיִshosayi
plunder
To plunder, to loot.
Where else “shosayi” appears- will becomeהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears- spoilמְשִׁסָּהmeshisa
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what an enemy snatches when plundering, and also the people itself left exposed to plunder (2 Kings 21:14; Isaiah 42:22; Jeremiah 30:16).
Where else “meshisa” appears- who plunder youבֹּזְזַיִbozzayi
plunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “bozzayi” appears- I will giveאֶתֵּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears- to plunderבַזvaz
plunder, booty
Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.
Where else “vaz” appears
The context
15Why do you cry out over your breaking? Beyond remedy is your pain. Because of the multitude of your iniquity, because your sins have become strong, I have done these things to you.
16 · This verse (above)
17For I will bring up recovery for you, and from your wounds I will heal you, declares YHWH; for ‘Driven Away’ they have called you: ‘Zion is she; no one seeks her.’