What Does Jeremiah 15:3 Mean?

“And I will appoint”

to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“over them four”

four

“kinds”

a family, i.e., circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people

“saith”

an oracle

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the sword”

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

“to slay”

to smite with deadly intent

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“and the dogs”

a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute

“to tear”

to trail along

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“and the fowls”

a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively

“of the heaven”

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“and the beasts”

properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

“of the earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“to devour”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

“and destroy”

to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)