And I will punishוּפָקַדְתִּיhimעָלָיוand his offspringוְעַל זַרְעוֹand his servantsוְעַל עֲבָדָיוfor their iniquity;אֶת עֲוֺנָםand I will bringוְהֵבֵאתִיon them,עֲלֵיהֶםand on the inhabitantsוְעַל יֹשְׁבֵיof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםand on the menוְאֶל אִישׁof Judah,יְהוּדָהallאֵת כָּלthe evilהָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרI have spokenדִּבַּרְתִּיagainst them;אֲלֵיהֶםbut they did notוְלֹאlisten.’”שָׁמֵעוּ
Jeremiah 36:31
Study it in the app“And I will punish him and his offspring and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the evil that I have spoken against them; but they did not listen.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 36:31, word by word
- And I will punishפָקַדְתִּיfakadti
punish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “fakadti” appears- and his offspringזַרְעzar
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zar” appears- and his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- for their iniquityעֲוֺנָavona
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avona” appears- and I will bringהֵבֵאתִיheveti
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “heveti” appears- and on the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- and on the menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- the evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- I have spokenדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- listen.’שָׁמֵעוּshameu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shameu” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
30Therefore thus says YHWH concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will not have one to sit on the throne of David, and his corpse will be thrown out to the heat by day and to the frost by night.
31 · This verse (above)
32And Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe; and he wrote on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and besides, there were added to them many words like them.