JEREMIAH 16:16

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.”

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Jeremiah 16:16 Translation & Meaning

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Behold, הִנְנִ֨י Lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if Behold
I will send שֹׁלֵ֜חַ To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) send
for many רַבִּ֛ים Abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) many
fishers, לְדַוָּגִ֥ים A fisherman fishers
saith נְאֻם An oracle saith
the Lord, יְהוָ֖ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
and they shall fish וְדִיג֑וּם To fish fish
them; and after וְאַֽחֲרֵי Properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) them and after
will I send אֶשְׁלַח֙ To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) send
for many לְרַבִּ֣ים Abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) many
hunters, צַיָּדִ֔ים A huntsman hunters
and they shall hunt וְצָד֞וּם To lie alongside (i.e., in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men) hunt
them from מֵעַ֤ל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications them from
every כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) every
mountain, הַר֙ A mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) mountain
and from וּמֵעַ֣ל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications and from
every כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) every
hill, גִּבְעָ֔ה A hillock hill
and out of the holes וּמִנְּקִיקֵ֖י A cleft out holes
of the rocks. הַסְּלָעִֽים׃ A craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress) rocks

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  • 14  Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

  • 15  But, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

  • 16  Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

  • 17  For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

  • 18  And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.




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