What Does Jeremiah 34:22 Mean?

lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if

“Behold I will command”

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

“saith”

an oracle

“the LORD”

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

“and cause them to return”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

near, with or among; often in general, to

“the cities”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

this (often used adverb)

“and they shall fight”

to feed on; figuratively, to consume

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

“against it and take”

to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere

“it and burn”

to be (causatively, set) on fire

“it with fire”

fire (literally or figuratively)

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

“the cities”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

“of Judah”

jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

“and I will make”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“a desolation”

devastation; figuratively, astonishment

a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle

“without an inhabitant”

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry