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Jeremiah 29:18 Interlinear

And I will persecute them with the sword with the famine and with the pestilence and will deliver to all the kingdoms of the earth to be a curse and an astonishment and an hissing and a reproach among all the nations whither I have driven

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְרָֽדַפְתִּי֙H7291And I will persecuteto run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
2אַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֔םH310themproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
3בַּחֶ֖רֶבH2719with the sworddrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
4בָּרָעָ֣בH7458with the faminehunger (more or less extensive)
5וּבַדָּ֑בֶרH1698and with the pestilencea pestilence
6וּנְתַתִּ֨יםH5414and will deliverto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
7לְזַוֲעָ֜הH2113agitation, fear
8לְכֹ֣ל׀H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
9מַמְלְכ֣וֹתH4467to all the kingdomsdominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
10הָאָ֗רֶץH776of the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
11לְאָלָ֤הH423to be a cursean imprecation
12וּלְשַׁמָּה֙H8047and an astonishmentruin; by implication, consternation
13וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֣הH8322and an hissinga derision
14וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔הH2781and a reproachcontumely, disgrace, the pudenda
15בְּכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
16הַגּוֹיִ֖םH1471among all the nationsa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
17אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
18הִדַּחְתִּ֥יםH5080whither I have drivento push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
19שָֽׁם׃H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

Verse Context

Jeremiah 29:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Behold I will send...
Jeremiah 29:18 (current)And I will persecute them with the sword with the famine and with the pestilence and will deliver to all the kingdoms of the earth to be a curse and an astonishment and an hissing and a reproach among all the nations whither I have driven
Jeremiah 29:19 Because they have not hearkened to my words...

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