KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Jeremiah 3:18 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “In those” | הָהֵ֔מָּה | They (only used when emphatic) | those |
| “days” | בַּיָּמִ֣ים | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | days |
| “the house” | בֵית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
| “of Judah” | יְהוּדָ֖ה | Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory | Judah |
| “shall walk” | יֵלְכ֥וּ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | walk |
| “with” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | with |
| “the house” | בֵּ֣ית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
| “of Israel,” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “and they shall come” | וְיָבֹ֤אוּ | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | come |
| “together” | יַחְדָּו֙ | Properly, a unit, i.e., (adverb) unitedly | together |
| “out of the land” | מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | out land |
| “of the north” | צָפ֔וֹן | Properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown) | north |
| “to” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | to |
| “the land” | הָאָ֕רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
| “that” | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | that |
| “I have given for an inheritance” | הִנְחַ֖לְתִּי | To inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate | given inheritance |
| “unto” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | unto |
| “your fathers.” | אֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | fathers |
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16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.
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