Jeremiah 38:17
Old Testament • 24 words with Strong's data
"Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יִרְמְיָה
Yirmᵉyâh
Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
צִדְקִיָּה
Tsidqîyâh
Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
צָבָא
tsâbâʼ
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specif...
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
בָּבֶל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
אֶמֶת ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
Study H571 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →בָּבֶל Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
Study H894 →צָבָא tsâbâʼ
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
Study H6635 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a ...
And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the...
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his re...
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before ...
Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
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