Jeremiah 48:7

“For because you trusted in your works and in your treasures, you too will be captured; and Chemosh will go out into exile, his priests and his princes together.”

Jeremiah 48:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 48:7, word by word

you trustedבִּטְחֵbitche

trust

To rely on someone, YHWH or man.

Where else “bitche” appears
in your worksמַעֲשַׂיִmaasayi

work

What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.

Where else “maasayi” appears
and in your treasuresאוֹצְרוֹתַיִotsrotayi

treasure

Valuables stored up.

Where else “otsrotayi” appears
will be capturedתִּלָּכֵדִיtilachedi

capture

To conquer a city or seize someone.

Where else “tilachedi” appears
and Chemoshכְמוֹשׁchemosh

Chemosh

Chemosh, the god of the Moabites. The name means "the mighty one."

Where else “chemosh” appears
will go outיָצָאyatsa

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “yatsa” appears
into exileגּוֹלָהgola

exile, exiles

Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).

Where else “gola” appears
his priestsכֹּהֲנָיkohanay

pagan priest

A priest of other gods.

Where else “kohanay” appears
and his princesשָׂרָיsaray

chief

Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.

Where else “saray” appears
togetherיַחְדָּיוyachdayv

together

Together, at the same time.

Where else “yachdayv” appears

Translation note

Chemosh was the god of Moab (Numbers 21:29).

The context

6Flee! Save your lives, and be like a shrub in the wilderness!

7 · This verse (above)

8And the devastator will come to every city, and no city will escape; and the valley will perish, and the plain will be destroyed, as YHWH has said.

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