Jeremiah 5:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַֽעַל־אֵ֥לֶּה לֹֽא־אֶפְקֹ֖ד נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה אִ֚ם בְּג֣וֹי אֲשֶׁר־כָּזֶ֔ה לֹ֥א תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם נַפְשִֽׁי׃ ס

Transliteration

?Upon-these not-I will 'epqōd nə'um-YHWH; if on gôy that-like this not titnaqēm my napšî.

Grammar Details

*ha*: interrogative prefix - ?
*'al*: preposition - upon/for
*'ēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
*lō'*: negative particle - not
*'epqōd*: imperfect, 1st singular - I will visit/punish
*nə'um*: construct noun - declaration/utterance of
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh
*'im*: conditional particle - if
*bə*: preposition - in/by
*gôy*: noun, masculine singular - nation
*'ăšer*: relative pronoun - that/which
*kāzeh*: preposition + demonstrative pronoun - like this
*titnaqēm*: imperfect, 3rd feminine singular, hithpael - she will avenge herself
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st singular suffix - my soul

Word Meanings

*'epqōd*: I will visit/punish/take account
*nə'um*: declaration/utterance/oracle
*titnaqēm*: avenge herself/take vengeance
*napšî*: my soul/self/being

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Referenced Verses

Jer 5:9 : 9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Mal 3:5 : 5 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 wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Jer 9:9 : 9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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