Look, Iהִנְנִיam watchingשֹׁקֵדover themעֲלֵיהֶםfor evilלְרָעָהand notוְלֹאfor good;לְטוֹבָהand allוְ כָלthe menאִישׁof Judahיְהוּדָהwho areאֲשֶׁרin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםwill come to an endתַמּוּby the swordבַּחֶרֶבand by famine,וּבָרָעָבuntilעַדthey are finished.כְּלוֹתָם
Jeremiah 44:27
Study it in the app“Look, I am watching over them for evil and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will come to an end by the sword and by famine, until they are finished.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 44:27, word by word
- am watchingשֹׁקֵדshoked
keep watch, be awake
To keep watch, to stay awake and alert in order to guard something.
Where else “shoked” appears- for evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- for goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- 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- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- will come to an endתַמּוּtamu
be consumed
To be completely destroyed.
Where else “tamu” appears- by the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- and by famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- they are finishedכְּלוֹתָkelota
destroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “kelota” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
26Therefore hear the word of YHWH, all Judah who live in the land of Egypt: Look, I have sworn by my great name, says YHWH, that my name will no longer be invoked in the mouth of any man of Judah, saying, ‘As Adonai YHWH lives,’ in all the land of Egypt.
27 · This verse (above)
28And those who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah who have come to the land of Egypt to reside as aliens there will know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.