Look,הִנֵּהlike a lionכְּאַרְיֵהhe comes upיַעֲלֶהfrom the thicketמִגְּאוֹןof the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןagainst the perennial fold;אֶל נְוֵה אֵיתָןforכִּיin an instantאַרְגִּעָהI will make them runאֲרִיצֵםfrom it,מֵעָלֶיהָand whoever is chosenוּמִי בָחוּרI will appointאֶפְקֹדover it;אֵלֶיהָforכִּיwho isמִיlike me?כָמוֹנִיAnd whoוּמִיwill summon me?יוֹעִדֶנִּיAnd whoוּמִיis thisזֶהshepherdרֹעֶהwhoאֲשֶׁרwill standיַעֲמֹדbefore me?לְפָנָי
Jeremiah 50:44
Study it in the app“Look, like a lion he comes up from the thicket of the Jordan against the perennial fold; for in an instant I will make them run from it, and whoever is chosen I will appoint over it; for who is like me? And who will summon me? And who is this shepherd who will stand before me?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 50:44, word by word
- like a lionאַרְיֵהarye
lion
Lion.
Where else “arye” appears- he comes upיַעֲלֶהyaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appears- from the thicketגְּאוֹןgeon
thicket
The dense brush by the Jordan.
Where else “geon” appears- of the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- against the perennial foldנְוֵהneve
pasture
Where the flock rests.
Where else “neve” appears- against the perennial foldאֵיתָןetan
enduring
Firm, lasting.
Where else “etan” appears- in an instantאַרְגִּעָהargia
moment
Used to say 'in the blink of an eye'.
Where else “argia” appears- I will make them runאֲרִיצֵaritse
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “aritse” appears- and whoever is chosenבָחוּרvachur
chosen one
A chosen young man, the best among the others.
Where else “vachur” appears- I will appointאֶפְקֹדefkod
appoint
To put someone in charge.
Where else “efkod” appears- will summon meיוֹעִדֶyoide
appoint
To designate beforehand for whom, when or where something falls.
Where else “yoide” appears- shepherdרֹעֶהroe
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roe” appears- will standיַעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- before meפָנָfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
43The king of Babylon has heard the report of them, and his hands go limp; anguish has seized him, pain as of a woman giving birth.
44 · This verse (above)
45Therefore hear the counsel of YHWH which he has counseled against Babylon, and his plans which he has planned against the land of the Chaldeans: surely they will drag them away, the little ones of the flock; surely he will make desolate their fold because of them.