Jeremiah 49:11
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
נָצַר
nâtsar
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh
a widow; also a desolate place
בָּטַח
bâṭach
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
Key Terms in This Verse
נָצַר nâtsar
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
Study H5341 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his...
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
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