JEREMIAH 30:16

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.”

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Jeremiah 30:16 Translation & Meaning

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Therefore לָכֵ֞ן Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) Therefore
all כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
they that devour אֹכְלַ֙יִךְ֙ To eat (literally or figuratively) devour
thee shall be devoured; יֵאָכֵ֔לוּ To eat (literally or figuratively) devoured
and all וְכָל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
thine adversaries, צָרַ֥יִךְ Narrow thine adversaries
every one כֻּלָּ֖ם Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) every one
of them, shall go יֵלֵ֑כוּ To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) go
into captivity; בַּשְּׁבִ֣י Exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, booty captivity
and they that spoil שֹׁאסַ֙יִךְ֙ To plunder spoil
thee shall be וְהָי֤וּ To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) thee shall be
a spoil, לִמְשִׁסָּ֔ה Plunder spoil
and all וְכָל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
that prey בֹּזְזַ֖יִךְ To plunder prey
upon thee will I give אֶתֵּ֥ן To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) upon give
for a prey. לָבַֽז׃ Plunder prey

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  • 14  All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

  • 15  Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

  • 16  Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

  • 17  For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

  • 18  Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.




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