17 Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
18 For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”
Focused Passage
Jeremiah 10:17-18
The Living God and the Worthless Idols of the Nations
The chapter moves from a warning not to learn the idolatrous ways of the nations, to a satire of man-made idols, to a confession of the LORD's incomparable greatness, to a Creator-King hymn, to the announcement of coming exile, to Jeremiah's lament over the people's wound, to a confession that humans cannot direct their own steps, and finally to a plea for measured correction and judgment on the nations that devour Jacob.
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Verse 17
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Gather up אִסְפִּ֥י H622 Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular your belongings כִּנְעָתֵ֑ךְ H3666 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular from this land מֵאֶ֖רֶץ H776 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct you who live יֹשַׁבְתִּי H3427 Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular under siege בַּמָּצֽוֹר׃ס H4692 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 18
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For כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction this is what כֹה֙ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Behold הִנְנִ֥י H2005 Interjection | first person common singular at this הַזֹּ֑את H2063 Article | Pronoun - feminine singular time בַּפַּ֣עַם H6471 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular I will sling out קוֹלֵ֛עַ H7049 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the inhabitants יוֹשְׁבֵ֥י H3427 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct of the land הָאָ֖רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular and bring distress וַהֲצֵר֥וֹתִי H6887 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular upon them לָהֶ֖ם Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural so that they לְמַ֥עַן H4616 Conjunction may be captured יִמְצָֽאוּ׃ס H4672 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural