Jeremiah 5:17

Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data

"And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And they shall

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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up thine

קָצִיר

qâtsîyr

H7105

severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)

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and thy

לֶחֶם

lechem

H3899

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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which thy

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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and thy

בַּת

bath

H1323

a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

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should

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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they shall

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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up thy

צֹאן

tsôʼn

H6629

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

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and thine

בָּקָר

bâqâr

H1241

beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd

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they shall

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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up thy

גֶּפֶן

gephen

H1612

a vine (as twining), especially the grape

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and thy

תְּאֵן

tᵉʼên

H8384

the fig (tree or fruit)

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עֵץ

ʻêts

H6086

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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they shall

רָשַׁשׁ

râshash

H7567

to demolish

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thy

מִבְצָר

mibtsâr

H4013

a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender

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עִיר

ʻîyr

H5892

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

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אֲשֶׁר

ʼăsher

H834

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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thou

אָמַן

ʼâman

H539

properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen...

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with the

חֶרֶב

chereb

H2719

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

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Key Terms in This Verse

impoverish H7567

רָשַׁשׁ râshash

to demolish

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trustedst H539

אָמַן ʼâman

properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;

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vines H1612

גֶּפֶן gephen

a vine (as twining), especially the grape

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herds H1241

בָּקָר bâqâr

beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd

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fenced H4013

מִבְצָר mibtsâr

a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender

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fig H8384

תְּאֵן tᵉʼên

the fig (tree or fruit)

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harvest H7105

קָצִיר qâtsîyr

severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)

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flocks H6629

צֹאן tsôʼn

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

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trees H6086

עֵץ ʻêts

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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wherein H834

אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:16 cross-reference

I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for yo...

Deuteronomy 28:33 cross-reference

The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

Hosea 8:14 cross-reference

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

Jeremiah 50:7 cross-reference

All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

Isaiah 65:22 cross-reference

They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

Zephaniah 3:6 cross-reference

I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

Isaiah 62:9 cross-reference

But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

Jeremiah 8:16 cross-reference

The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, ...

Jeremiah 1:15 cross-reference

For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against ...

Jeremiah 4:7 cross-reference

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 inhabit...

Jeremiah 4:26 cross-reference

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.

Ezekiel 36:4 cross-reference

Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the citi...

Lamentations 2:2 cross-reference

The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he ha...

Jeremiah 50:17 cross-reference

Israel 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.

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