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

14 This 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.

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

16 And 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.

17 But 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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References and Original Words

Verse 14

Cross-references

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

Original words

This is what כֹּ֣ה׀ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular As for עַל־ H5921 Preposition all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct My evil הָֽרָעִ֔ים H7451 Article | Adjective - masculine plural neighbors שְׁכֵנַי֙ H7934 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular who attack הַנֹּֽגְעִים֙ H5060 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural the inheritance בַּֽנַּחֲלָ֔ה H5159 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular that אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative I bequeathed הִנְחַ֥לְתִּי H5157 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker to My people עַמִּ֖י H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . הִנְנִ֤י H2005 Interjection | first person common singular I am about to uproot them נֹֽתְשָׁם֙ H5428 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural from מֵעַ֣ל H5921 Preposition-m their land אַדְמָתָ֔ם H127 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural and וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker I will uproot אֶתּ֥וֹשׁ H5428 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular the house בֵּ֥ית H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of Judah יְהוּדָ֖ה H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular from among them מִתּוֹכָֽם׃ H8432 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 15

Cross-references

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

Original words

But וְהָיָ֗ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular after אַֽחֲרֵי֙ H310 Preposition I have uprooted them נָתְשִׁ֣י H5428 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular - אוֹתָ֔ם H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural I will once again אָשׁ֖וּב H7725 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular have compassion on them וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֑ים H7355 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural and return וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֛ים H7725 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural each one אִ֥ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular to his inheritance לְנַחֲלָת֖וֹ H5159 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular . . . וְאִ֥ישׁ H376 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular and to his land לְאַרְצֽוֹ׃ H776 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 16

Cross-references

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

Original words

And וְהָיָ֡ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular if אִם־ H518 Conjunction they will diligently learn לָמֹ֣ד H3925 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute . . . יִלְמְדוּ֩ H3925 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the ways דַּֽרְכֵ֨י H1870 Noun - common plural construct of My people עַמִּ֜י H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular [and] swear לְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַ H7650 Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct by My name, [saying] בִּשְׁמִי֙ H8034 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular As surely as the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular lives חַי־ H2416 Noun - masculine singular construct just as כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative they [once] taught לִמְּדוּ֙ H3925 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker My people עַמִּ֔י H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular to swear לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַ H7650 Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct by Baal בַּבָּ֑עַל H1168 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular then they will be established וְנִבְנ֖וּ H1129 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural among בְּת֥וֹךְ H8432 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct My people עַמִּֽי׃ H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

Verse 17

Cross-references

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

Original words

But if וְאִ֖ם H518 Conjunction they will not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle obey יִשְׁמָ֑עוּ H8085 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural then I will uproot וְנָ֨תַשְׁתִּ֜י H5428 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker that הַה֛וּא H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular nation הַגּ֥וֹי H1471 Article | Noun - masculine singular I will uproot it נָת֥וֹשׁ H5428 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute and destroy it וְאַבֵּ֖ד H6 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ס H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

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