What Does Jeremiah 40:3 Mean?

“hath brought”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“it and done”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“Now the LORD”

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

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“according as he hath said”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“because ye have sinned”

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

“Now the LORD”

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

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and have not obeyed”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“his voice”

a voice or sound

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“therefore this thing”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that