Focused Passage

Jeremiah 12:14-17

When the Wicked Prosper and the LORD’s Inheritance Is Trampled

The chapter moves from Jeremiah's complaint about the prosperity of the wicked, to the LORD's answer that greater trials are coming, to the painful declaration that the LORD has forsaken his house and abandoned his inheritance, to the indictment of destructive shepherds who ruin the vineyard, and finally to a surprising promise of future compassion for both Judah and her neighboring nations if they learn the ways of the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

14This is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.

15But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.

16And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.

17But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”

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Verse 14

Cross-references

Amos 1BSB references Jeremiah 3:18Classic cross-references Zechariah 2:8Classic cross-references Jeremiah 49:7Classic cross-references Zechariah 10:6Classic cross-references Zephaniah 2:8Classic cross-references

Original words

This is whatכֹּ֣ה׀H3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֗הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularsaysאָמַ֣רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularAs forעַל־H5921Prepositionallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructMy evilהָֽרָעִ֔יםH7451Article | Adjective - masculine pluralneighborsשְׁכֵנַי֙H7934Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularwho attackהַנֹּֽגְעִים֙H5060Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralthe inheritanceבַּֽנַּחֲלָ֔הH5159Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularthatאֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativeI bequeathedהִנְחַ֥לְתִּיH5157Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerto My peopleעַמִּ֖יH5971Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singular. . .הִנְנִ֤יH2005Interjection | first person common singularI am about to uproot themנֹֽתְשָׁם֙H5428Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralfromמֵעַ֣לH5921Preposition-mtheir landאַדְמָתָ֔םH127Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralandוְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerI will uprootאֶתּ֥וֹשׁH5428Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularthe houseבֵּ֥יתH1004Noun - masculine singular constructof Judahיְהוּדָ֖הH3063Noun - proper - masculine singularfrom among themמִתּוֹכָֽם׃H8432Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 15

Cross-references

Jeremiah 24:6Classic cross-references Jeremiah 49:6Classic cross-references Malachi 3:18Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:47Classic cross-references Zechariah 1:3Classic cross-references

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Butוְהָיָ֗הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularafterאַֽחֲרֵי֙H310PrepositionI have uprooted themנָתְשִׁ֣יH5428Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular-אוֹתָ֔םH853Direct object marker | third person masculine pluralI will once againאָשׁ֖וּבH7725Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularhave compassion on themוְרִֽחַמְתִּ֑יםH7355Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine pluraland returnוַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֛יםH7725Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine pluraleach oneאִ֥ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularto his inheritanceלְנַחֲלָת֖וֹH5159Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular. . .וְאִ֥ישׁH376Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularand to his landלְאַרְצֽוֹ׃H776Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 16

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:1Classic cross-references Jeremiah 4:2Classic cross-references Joshua 23:7Classic cross-references Zephaniah 1:5Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 6:13Classic cross-references

Original words

Andוְהָיָ֡הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularifאִם־H518Conjunctionthey will diligently learnלָמֹ֣דH3925Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .יִלְמְדוּ֩H3925Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe waysדַּֽרְכֵ֨יH1870Noun - common plural constructof My peopleעַמִּ֜יH5971Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular[and] swearלְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַH7650Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive constructby My name, [saying]בִּשְׁמִי֙H8034Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularAs surely as the LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularlivesחַי־H2416Noun - masculine singular constructjust asכַּאֲשֶׁ֤רH834Preposition-k | Pronoun - relativethey [once] taughtלִמְּדוּ֙H3925Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerMy peopleעַמִּ֔יH5971Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularto swearלְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַH7650Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive constructby Baalבַּבָּ֑עַלH1168Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularthen they will be establishedוְנִבְנ֖וּH1129Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralamongבְּת֥וֹךְH8432Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructMy peopleעַמִּֽי׃H5971Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

Verse 17

Cross-references

Isaiah 60:12Classic cross-references Daniel 11:4Classic cross-references Psalms 2:8Classic cross-references

Original words

But ifוְאִ֖םH518Conjunctionthey will notלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particleobeyיִשְׁמָ֑עוּH8085Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralthen I will uprootוְנָ֨תַשְׁתִּ֜יH5428Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthatהַה֛וּאH1931Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singularnationהַגּ֥וֹיH1471Article | Noun - masculine singularI will uproot itנָת֥וֹשׁH5428Verb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteand destroy itוְאַבֵּ֖דH6Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolutedeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָֽה׃סH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular

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