Focused Passage

Jeremiah 16:10-13

Jeremiah’s Sign-Life, Judah’s Exile, and the Nations’ Confession

The chapter moves from Jeremiah's commanded unmarried and childless sign-life, to the prohibition against mourning, to the prohibition against feasting, to the people's question about why disaster is coming, to the LORD's answer of ancestral and intensified sin, to the announcement of exile, to a future restoration greater than the Exodus, to the sending of fishermen and hunters to capture sinners, and finally to Jeremiah's confession of the LORD as strength and refuge and the nations' future confession that inherited idols are worthless.

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

10When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’

11Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.

12And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.

13So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’

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Verse 10

Cross-references

Jeremiah 13:22Classic cross-references Jeremiah 5:19Classic cross-references Joel 2:1Classic cross-references 1 Kings 9:8Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 7:21Classic cross-references

Original words

-וְהָיָ֗הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularWhenכִּ֤יH3588Conjunctionyou tellתַגִּיד֙H5046Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singulartheseהַזֶּ֔הH2088Article | Pronoun - masculine singular-אֵ֥תH853Direct object markerpeopleלָעָ֣םH5971Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructtheseהָאֵ֑לֶּהH428Article | Pronoun - common pluralthingsהַדְּבָרִ֖יםH1697Article | Noun - masculine pluralthey will askוְאָמְר֣וּH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralyouאֵלֶ֗יךָH413Preposition | second person masculine singularWhyעַל־H5921Preposition. . .מֶה֩H4100Interrogativehas the LORDיְהוָ֤הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularpronouncedדִבֶּ֨רH1696Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthisהַזֹּ֔אתH2063Article | Pronoun - feminine singulargreatהַגְּדוֹלָה֙H1419Article | Adjective - feminine singulardisasterהָרָעָ֤הH7451Article | Adjective - feminine singularagainst usעָלֵ֙ינוּ֙H5921Preposition | first person common plural-אֵ֣תH853Direct object markerWhatוּמֶ֤הH4100Conjunctive waw | Interrogative[is] our iniquityעֲוֺנֵ֙נוּ֙H5771Noun - common singular construct | first person common pluralWhatוּמֶ֣הH4100Conjunctive waw | Interrogativeis the sinחַטָּאתֵ֔נוּH2403Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common pluralthatאֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativewe have committedחָטָ֖אנוּH2398Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common pluralagainst the LORDלַֽיהוָ֥הH3068Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularour Godאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃H430Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural

Verse 11

Cross-references

Psalms 106:35Classic cross-references 1 Kings 9:9Classic cross-references 1 Peter 4:3Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 29:25Classic cross-references Ezekiel 11:21Classic cross-references

Original words

Then you are to answer themוְאָמַרְתָּ֣H559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular. . .אֲלֵיהֶ֗םH413Preposition | third person masculine plural[It is] becauseעַל֩H5921Preposition-אֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativeyour fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤םH1Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralhave forsakenעָזְב֨וּH5800Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralMeאוֹתִי֙H853Direct object marker | first person common singulardeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularand followedוַיֵּלְכ֗וּH1980Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural. . .אַֽחֲרֵי֙H310Prepositionotherאֲחֵרִ֔יםH312Adjective - masculine pluralgodsאֱלֹהִ֣יםH430Noun - masculine pluraland servedוַיַּעַבְד֖וּםH5647Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine pluraland worshipedוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּH7812Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralthemלָהֶ֑םPreposition | third person masculine plural-וְאֹתִ֣יH853Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker | first person common singularThey abandoned Meעָזָ֔בוּH5800Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural-וְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerand did notלֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particlekeepשָׁמָֽרוּ׃H8104Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralMy instructionתּוֹרָתִ֖יH8451Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular

Verse 12

Cross-references

Jeremiah 17:9Classic cross-references Lamentations 5:7Classic cross-references Hebrews 3:12Classic cross-references Jeremiah 13:10Classic cross-references Jeremiah 7:26Classic cross-references

Original words

And youוְאַתֶּ֛םH859Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine pluralhave doneלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתH6213Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructmore evilהֲרֵעֹתֶ֥םH7489Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine pluralthan your fathersמֵאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םH1Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralSee howוְהִנְּכֶ֣םH2005Conjunctive waw | Interjection | second person masculine pluraleach of youאִ֚ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularfollowsהֹלְכִ֗יםH1980Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural. . .אַֽחֲרֵי֙H310Prepositionthe stubbornnessשְׁרִר֣וּתH8307Noun - feminine singular constructof his evilהָרָ֔עH7451Article | Adjective - masculine singularheartלִבּֽוֹ־H3820Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularinstead ofלְבִלְתִּ֖יH1115Preposition-lobeyingשְׁמֹ֥עַH8085Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructMeאֵלָֽי׃H413Preposition | first person common singular

Verse 13

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:36Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 28:64Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 4:26Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 4:28Classic cross-references Jeremiah 15:14Classic cross-references

Original words

So I will castוְהֵטַלְתִּ֣יH2904Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularyouאֶתְכֶ֗םH853Direct object marker | second person masculine pluralout ofמֵעַל֙H5921Preposition-mthisהַזֹּ֔אתH2063Article | Pronoun - feminine singularlandהָאָ֣רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularintoעַל־H5921Prepositiona landהָאָ֕רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularthatאֲשֶׁר֙H834Pronoun - relativeneitherלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particleyouאַתֶּ֖םH859Pronoun - second person masculine pluralnor your fathersוַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םH1Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralhave knownיְדַעְתֶּ֔םH3045Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine pluralThereשָׁ֞םH8033Adverb-אֶת־H853Direct object markeryou will serveוַעֲבַדְתֶּם־H5647Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine pluralotherאֲחֵרִים֙H312Adjective - masculine pluralgodsאֱלֹהִ֤יםH430Noun - masculine pluraldayיוֹמָ֣םH3119Adverband nightוָלַ֔יְלָהH3915Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularforאֲשֶׁ֛רH834Pronoun - relativeI will showאֶתֵּ֥ןH5414Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularyouלָכֶ֖םPreposition | second person masculine pluralnoלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlefavorחֲנִינָֽה׃סH2594Noun - feminine singular

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