King James Version
Jeremiah 10:17 in the King James Version says “Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress”
Jeremiah 10:17 · KJV
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Gather up”
H622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
“O inhabitant”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“of the fortress”
H4692something hemming in, i.e., (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
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