For thus said GOD concerning any sons and daughters that may be born in this place, and concerning the mothers who bear them, and concerning the fathers who beget them in this land:
They shall die gruesome deaths. They shall not be lamented or buried; they shall be like dung on the surface of the ground. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their corpses shall be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.
For thus said GOD:Do not enter a house of mourning,amourning Lit. “religious gathering.” Do not go to lament and to condole with them;For I have withdrawn My favor from that people—declares GOD—My kindness and compassion.
They shall not break breadbbread So a few mss. Most mss. and editions read “to them.” for a mournercmourner Lit. “mourning.” To offer comfort for a death,Nor offer one a cup of consolationFor the loss of their father or mother.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ולאיפרסו
393
להם
75
עלאבל
133
לנחמו
134
עלמת
540
ולאישקו
453
אותם
447
כוס
86
תנחומים
554
עלאביו
119
ועלאמו
153
Jeremiah 16:8
Gematria: 4085
וביתמשתהלאתבואלשבתאותםלאכלולשתותפ
Nor shall you enter a house of feasting,To sit down with them to eat and drink.
For thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: I am going to banish from this place, in your days and before your eyes, the sound of mirth and gladness, the voice of bridegroom and bride.
And when you announce all these things to that people, and they ask you, “Why has GOD decreed upon us all this fearful evil? What is the iniquity and what the sin that we have committed against the ETERNAL our God?”
say to them, “Because your ancestors deserted Me—declares GOD—and followed other gods and served them and worshiped them; they deserted Me and did not keep My Instruction.
Therefore I will hurl you out of this land to a land that neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods, day and night; for I will show you no mercy.”
but rather, “As GOD lives who brought the Israelites out of the northland, and out of all the lands to which they had been banished.” For I will bring them back to their land, which I gave to their ancestors.
Lo, I am sending for many fishermen—declares GOD—And they shall haul them out;And after that I will send for many hunters,And they shall hunt themOut of every mountain and out of every hillAnd out of the clefts of the rocks.
Word-by-Word Analysis
הנני
115
שלח
338
לדוגים
93
לדיגים
97
רבים
252
נאםיהוה
117
ודיגום
69
ואחריכן
295
אשלח
339
לרבים
282
צידים
154
וצדום
146
מעל
140
כלהר
255
ומעל
146
כלגבעה
130
ומנקיקי
316
הסלעים
215
Jeremiah 16:17
Gematria: 2266
כיעיניעלכלדרכיהםלאנסתרומלפניולאנצפןעונםמנגדעיני
For My eyes are on all their ways,They are not hidden from My presence,Their iniquity is not concealed from My sight.
I will pay them in fulldfull See note to Isa. 65.7.—Nay, doubly for their iniquity and their sins—Because they have defiled My landWith the corpses of their abominations,etheir abominations I.e., their lifeless idols. And have filled My own possessionWith their abhorrent things.
O ETERNAL One, my strength and my stronghold,My refuge in a day of trouble,To You nations shall comeFrom the ends of the earth and say:Our ancestors inherited utter delusions,Things that are futile and worthless.
Word-by-Word Analysis
יהוה
26
עזי
87
ומעזי
133
ומנוסי
172
ביום
58
צרה
295
אליך
61
גוים
59
יבאו
19
מאפסיארץ
482
ויאמרו
263
אךשקר
621
נחלו
94
אבותינו
475
הבל
37
ואיןבם
109
מועיל
156
Jeremiah 16:20
Gematria: 730
היעשהלואדםאלהיםוהמהלאאלהים
Can mortals make gods for themselves?No-gods are they!