17Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
18For 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 upאִסְפִּ֥יH622Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularyour belongingsכִּנְעָתֵ֑ךְH3666Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singularfrom this landמֵאֶ֖רֶץH776Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructyou who liveיֹשַׁבְתִּיH3427Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singularunder siegeבַּמָּצֽוֹר׃סH4692Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 18
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Forכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionthis is whatכֹה֙H3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularsaysאָמַ֣רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularBeholdהִנְנִ֥יH2005Interjection | first person common singularat thisהַזֹּ֑אתH2063Article | Pronoun - feminine singulartimeבַּפַּ֣עַםH6471Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularI will sling outקוֹלֵ֛עַH7049Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵ֥יH3427Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructof the landהָאָ֖רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularand bring distressוַהֲצֵר֥וֹתִיH6887Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularupon themלָהֶ֖םPreposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralso that theyלְמַ֥עַןH4616Conjunctionmay be capturedיִמְצָֽאוּ׃סH4672Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural