Jeremiah 10:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּדְנָה֙ תֵּאמְר֣וּן לְה֔וֹם אֱלָ֣הַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־שְׁמַיָּ֥א וְאַרְקָ֖א לָ֣א עֲבַ֑דוּ יֵאבַ֧דוּ מֵֽאַרְעָ֛א וּמִן־תְּח֥וֹת שְׁמַיָּ֖א אֵֽלֶּה׃

Transliteration

Thus tēʾmərûn to-them ʾĕlāhayyāʾ that-šəmayyāʾ and-ʾarqāʾ not ʿăbadû yēʾbadû from-ʾarʿāʾ and-from-under šəmayyāʾ these

Grammar Details

*tēʾmərûn*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural (Aramaic) - you shall say
*ʾĕlāhayyāʾ*: noun, masculine plural with definite article (Aramaic) - the gods
*šəmayyāʾ*: noun, masculine plural with definite article (Aramaic) - the heavens
*ʾarqāʾ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article (Aramaic) - the earth
*ʿăbadû*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural (Aramaic) - they made
*yēʾbadû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural (Aramaic) - they shall perish
*ʾarʿāʾ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article (Aramaic) - the earth

Word Meanings

*tēʾmərûn*: you shall say/tell/command (Aramaic)
*ʾĕlāhayyāʾ*: the gods/deities (Aramaic)
*šəmayyāʾ*: the heavens/sky (Aramaic)
*ʾarqāʾ*: the earth/land/ground (Aramaic)
*ʿăbadû*: they made/did/produced (Aramaic)
*yēʾbadû*: they shall perish/be destroyed/disappear (Aramaic)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 96:5 : 5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols; But Jehovah made the heavens.
Isa 2:18 : 18 And the idols shall utterly pass away.
Jer 10:15 : 15 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Zeph 2:11 : 11 Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.
Zech 13:2 : 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
Jer 51:18 : 18 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Lam 3:66 : 66 Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
Rev 20:2 : 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

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