Flee for refuge, O people of Benjamin,Out of the midst of Jerusalem!Blow the horn in Tekoa,Set up a signal at Beth-haccerem!For evil is appearing from the north,And great disaster.
Word-by-Word Analysis
העזו
88
בני
62
בנימן
152
מקרב
342
ירושלם
586
ובתקוע
584
תקעו
576
שופר
586
ועלבית
518
הכרם
265
שאו
307
משאת
741
כי
30
רעה
275
נשקפה
535
מצפון
266
ושבר
508
גדול
43
Jeremiah 6:2
Gematria: 1267
הנוהוהמענגהדמיתיבתציון
Fair Zion, the lovely and delicate,I will destroy.aFair Zion, the lovely and delicate, / I will destroy Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Word-by-Word Analysis
הנוה
66
והמענגה
179
דמיתי
464
בתציון
558
Jeremiah 6:3
Gematria: 2579
אליהיבאורעיםועדריהםתקעועליהאהליםסביברעואישאתידו
Against her come shepherds with their flocks,They pitch tents all around her;Each grazes the sheep under his care.bthe sheep under his care Understanding yado as in Ps. 95.7.
Prepare forcPrepare for Lit. “Consecrate.” battle against her:“Up! we will attack at noon.”“Alas for us! for day is declining,The shadows of evening grow long.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
קדשו
410
עליה
115
מלחמה
123
קומו
152
ונעלה
161
בצהרים
347
אוי
17
לנו
86
כיפנה
165
היום
61
כי
30
ינטו
75
צלליערב
432
Jeremiah 6:5
Gematria: 1961
קומוונעלהבלילהונשחיתהארמנותיהפ
“Up! let us attack by night,And wreck her fortresses.”
For thus said GOD of Hosts:Hew down her trees,And raise a siege mound against Jerusalem.She is the city destined for punishment;dShe is the city destined for punishment Emendation yields “She is the city of falseness.” Only fraud is found in her midst.
Thus said GOD of Hosts:Let them gleaneLet them glean Emendation yields “Glean” (singular). over and over, as a vine,The remnant of Israel.Pass your hand again,Like a vintager,Over its branches.
fThe prophet speaks. To whom shall I speak,Give warning that they may hear?Their ears are blockedAnd they cannot listen.See, the word of GOD has become for themAn object of scorn; they will have none of it.
But I am filled with GOD’s wrath, I cannot hold it in.Pour it on the infant in the street,And on the company of youths gathered together!Yes, men and women alike shall be captured,Elders and those of advanced years.
They have acted shamefully;They have done abhorrent things—Yet they do not feel shame,And they cannot be made to blush.Assuredly, they shall fall among the falling,They shall stumble at the time when I punish them—said GOD.
Thus said GOD:Stand by the roads and consider,Inquire about ancient paths:Which is the road to happiness?Travel it, and find tranquility for yourselves.But they said, “We will not.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
כה
25
אמר
241
יהוה
26
עמדו
120
עלדרכים
374
וראו
213
ושאלו
343
לנתבות
888
עולם
146
איזה
23
דרך
224
הטוב
22
ולכובה
69
ומצאו
143
מרגוע
319
לנפשכם
520
ויאמרו
263
לא
31
נלך
100
Jeremiah 6:17
Gematria: 2882
והקמתיעליכםצפיםהקשיבולקולשופרויאמרולאנקשיב
And I raised up lookoutsglookouts I.e., prophets. for you:“Hearken to the sound of the horn!”But they said, “We will not.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
והקמתי
561
עליכם
170
צפים
220
הקשיבו
423
לקול
166
שופר
586
ויאמרו
263
לא
31
נקשיב
462
Jeremiah 6:18
Gematria: 1693
לכןשמעוהגויםודעיעדהאתאשרבם
Hear well, O nations,And know, O community, what is in store for them.hO community, what is in store for them Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Hear, O earth!I am going to bring disaster upon this people,The outcome of their own schemes;For they would not hearken to My words,And they rejected My Instruction.
What need have I of frankincenseThat comes from Sheba,Or fragrant cane from a distant land?Your burnt offerings are not acceptableAnd your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me.
Assuredly, thus said GOD:I shall put before this people stumbling blocksOver which they shall stumble—Parents and children alike,Neighbor and friend shall perish.
Word-by-Word Analysis
לכן
100
כה
25
אמר
241
יהוה
26
הנני
115
נתן
500
אלהעם
146
הזה
17
מכשלים
440
וכשלו
362
בם
42
אבות
409
ובנים
108
יחדו
28
שכן
370
ורעו
282
יאבדו
23
ואבדופ
99
Jeremiah 6:22
Gematria: 2347
כהאמריהוההנהעםבאמארץצפוןוגויגדוליעורמירכתיארץ
Thus said GOD:See, a people comes from the northland,A great nation is rousedFrom the remotest parts of the earth.
They grasp the bow and javelin;They are cruel, they show no mercy;The sound of them is like the roaring sea.They ride upon horses,Accoutered like a man for battle,Against you, O Fair Zion!
Word-by-Word Analysis
קשת
800
וכידון
96
יחזיקו
141
אכזרי
238
הוא
12
ולא
37
ירחמו
264
קולם
176
כים
70
יהמה
60
ועלסוסים
282
ירכבו
238
ערוך
296
כאיש
331
למלחמה
153
עליך
130
בתציון
558
Jeremiah 6:24
Gematria: 2643
שמענואתשמעורפוידינוצרההחזקתנוחילכיולדה
“We have heard the report of them,Our hands fail;Pain seizes us,Agony like a woman in childbirth.
Word-by-Word Analysis
שמענו
466
אתשמעו
817
רפו
286
ידינו
80
צרה
295
החזקתנו
576
חיל
48
כיולדה
75
Jeremiah 6:25
Gematria: 3168
אלתצאותצאיהשדהובדרךאלתלכותלכיכיחרבלאיבמגורמסביב
Do not go out into the country,Do not walk the roads!For the sword of the enemy is there,Terror on every side.”
My poor people,iMy poor people Lit. “Daughter that is My people”; so, frequently, in poetry. See 4.11 and note. Put on sackclothAnd strew dust on yourselves!Mourn, as for an only child;Wail bitterly,For suddenly the destroyerIs coming upon us.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בתעמי
522
חגרישק
621
והתפלשי
831
באפר
283
אבל
33
יחיד
32
עשי
380
לך
50
מספד
184
תמרורים
896
כי
30
פתאם
521
יבא
13
השדד
313
עלינו
166
Jeremiah 6:27
Gematria: 3011
בחוןנתתיךבעמימבצרותדעובחנתאתדרכם
I have made you an assayer of My people—A refinerjrefiner Meaning of Heb. uncertain.—You are to note and assay their ways.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בחון
66
נתתיך
880
בעמי
122
מבצר
332
ותדע
480
ובחנת
466
אתדרכם
665
Jeremiah 6:28
Gematria: 3152
כלםסריסורריםהלכירכילנחשתוברזלכלםמשחיתיםהמה
They are copper and iron:They are all stubbornly defiant;They deal baselykdeal basely See note at Lev. 19.16. All of them act corruptly.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כלם
90
סרי
270
סוררים
516
הלכי
65
רכיל
260
נחשת
758
וברזל
245
כלם
90
משחיתים
808
המה
50
Jeremiah 6:29
Gematria: 4694
נחרמפחמאשתםמאשתםעפרתלשואצרףצרוףורעיםלאנתקו
The bellows puff;The lead is consumed by fire.lThe bellows … fire Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Yet the smelter smelts to no purpose—The drossmdross Meaning of Heb. uncertain. is not separated out.
Word-by-Word Analysis
נחר
258
מפח
128
מאשתם
781
מאש
341
תם
440
עפרת
750
לשוא
337
צרף
370
צרוף
376
ורעים
326
לא
31
נתקו
556
Jeremiah 6:30
Gematria: 977
כסףנמאסקראולהםכימאסיהוהבהםפ
They are called “rejected silver,”For GOD has rejected them.