Jeremiah 4:7
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Original Language Analysis
עָלָ֤ה
is come up
H5927
עָלָ֤ה
is come up
Strong's:
H5927
Word #:
1 of 15
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
וּמַשְׁחִ֣ית
and the destroyer
H7843
וּמַשְׁחִ֣ית
and the destroyer
Strong's:
H7843
Word #:
4 of 15
to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
גּוֹיִ֔ם
of the Gentiles
H1471
גּוֹיִ֔ם
of the Gentiles
Strong's:
H1471
Word #:
5 of 15
a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
נָסַ֖ע
is on his way
H5265
נָסַ֖ע
is on his way
Strong's:
H5265
Word #:
6 of 15
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
יָצָ֣א
he is gone forth
H3318
יָצָ֣א
he is gone forth
Strong's:
H3318
Word #:
7 of 15
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
מִמְּקֹמ֑וֹ
from his place
H4725
מִמְּקֹמ֑וֹ
from his place
Strong's:
H4725
Word #:
8 of 15
properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
לָשׂ֤וּם
to make
H7760
לָשׂ֤וּם
to make
Strong's:
H7760
Word #:
9 of 15
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
עָרַ֥יִךְ
and thy cities
H5892
עָרַ֥יִךְ
and thy cities
Strong's:
H5892
Word #:
12 of 15
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
תִּצֶּ֖ינָה
shall be laid waste
H5327
תִּצֶּ֖ינָה
shall be laid waste
Strong's:
H5327
Word #:
13 of 15
properly, to go forth, i.e., (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrel
מֵאֵ֥ין
H369
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.Jeremiah 5:6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.Isaiah 1:7Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.Isaiah 6:11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,Jeremiah 25:9Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.Isaiah 5:9In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.Jeremiah 25:38He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.Jeremiah 34:22Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.Jeremiah 33:10Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Historical Context
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Questions for Reflection
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