Forכִּיbecauseיַעַןyou trustedבִּטְחֵךְin your worksבְּמַעֲשַׂיִךְand in your treasures,וּבְאוֹצְרוֹתַיִךְyou tooגַּם אַתְּwill be captured;תִּלָּכֵדִיand Chemoshוְ כְמוֹשׁwill go outיָצָאinto exile,בַּגּוֹלָהhis priestsכֹּהֲנָיוand his princesוְשָׂרָיוtogether.יַחְדָּיו
Jeremiah 48:7
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.