Focused Passage

Jeremiah 22:20-23

The House of David Under Judgment for Injustice and Covenant Failure

The chapter moves from a covenant summons to the royal house, to the threatened ruin of the palace, to judgment against individual kings, and finally to the cutting off of royal confidence in Coniah.

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

20 Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.

21 I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.

22 The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.

23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 20

Original words

Go up עֲלִ֤י H5927 Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular to Lebanon הַלְּבָנוֹן֙ H3844 Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular and cry out וּֽצְעָ֔קִי H6817 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular raise תְּנִ֣י H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular your voice קוֹלֵ֑ךְ H6963 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular in Bashan וּבַבָּשָׁ֖ן H1316 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular cry out וְצַֽעֲקִי֙ H6817 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular from Abarim מֵֽעֲבָרִ֔ים H5682 Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular for כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct your lovers מְאַהֲבָֽיִךְ׃ H157 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular have been crushed נִשְׁבְּר֖וּ H7665 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Verse 21

Original words

I warned דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי H1696 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular you אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙ H413 Preposition | second person feminine singular when you were secure בְּשַׁלְוֺתַ֔יִךְ H7962 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular You said אָמַ֖רְתְּ H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular I will not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle listen אֶשְׁמָ֑ע H8085 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular This זֶ֤ה H2088 Pronoun - masculine singular has been your way דַרְכֵּךְ֙ H1870 Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular from youth מִנְּעוּרַ֔יִךְ H5271 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular that כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction you have not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle obeyed שָׁמַ֖עַתְּ H8085 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular My voice בְּקוֹלִֽי׃ H6963 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Verse 22

Original words

The wind ר֔וּחַ H7307 Noun - common singular will drive away רֹעַ֙יִךְ֙ H7462 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct your shepherds תִּרְעֶה־ H7462 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular and your lovers וּֽמְאַהֲבַ֖יִךְ H157 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular will go יֵלֵ֑כוּ H1980 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural . . . כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction into captivity בַּשְּׁבִ֣י H7628 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Then אָ֤ז H227 Adverb you will be ashamed תֵּבֹ֙שִׁי֙ H954 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular and humiliated וְנִכְלַ֔מְתְּ H3637 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular because of all מִכֹּ֖ל H3605 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct your wickedness רָעָתֵֽךְ׃ H7451 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Verse 23

Original words

O inhabitant יֹשַׁבְתִּי H3427 Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct of Lebanon בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן H3844 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular nestled מְקֻנַּנְתִּי H7077 Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular in the cedars בָּֽאֲרָזִ֑ים H730 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural how מַה־ H4100 Interrogative you will groan נֵּחַנְתְּ֙ H584 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular when pangs of anguish חֲבָלִ֔ים H2256 Noun - masculine plural come בְּבֹא־ H935 Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct upon you לָ֣ךְ Preposition | second person feminine singular agony חִ֖יל H2427 Noun - masculine singular like a woman in labor כַּיֹּלֵדָֽה׃ H3205 Preposition-k, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular

BSB notes

  • That is, the palace in Jerusalem; see 1 Kings 7:2.

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