What Does Jeremiah 6:21 Mean?

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now

“Therefore thus saith”

to say (used with great latitude)

“the LORD”

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

lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if

“Behold I will lay”

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

near, with or among; often in general, to

“before this people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“stumblingblocks”

a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple)

“shall fall”

to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall

“and the fathers”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

“and the sons”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“together”

properly, a unit, i.e., (adverb) unitedly

“upon them the neighbour”

a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen

“and his friend”

an associate (more or less close)

“shall perish”

properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)