The Meaning of Jeremiah 33:12 Explained

Jeremiah 33:12

KJV: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

YLT: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Again there is in this place -- that is waste, Without man and beast, And in all its cities -- a habitation of shepherds, Causing the flock to lie down.

Darby: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In this place which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, there shall again be a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

ASV: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thus saith  the LORD  of hosts;  Again in this place,  which is desolate  without man  and without beast,  and in all the cities  thereof, shall be an habitation  of shepherds  causing [their] flocks  to lie down. 

What does Jeremiah 33:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 33

1  God promises to the captivity a gracious return;
9  a joyful state;
12  a settled government;
15  Christ the branch of righteousness;
17  a continuance of kingdom and priesthood;
19  and a stability of a blessed seed

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 33:12 mean?

Thus says Yahweh of hosts again there shall be in place this which is desolate without man and without beast and in all its cities a dwelling place of shepherds causing to lie down [their] flocks
כֹּֽה־ אָמַר֮ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ ע֞וֹד יִֽהְיֶ֣ה ׀ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה הֶחָרֵ֛ב מֵֽאֵין־ אָדָ֥ם וְעַד־ בְּהֵמָ֖ה וּבְכָל־ עָרָ֑יו נְוֵ֣ה רֹעִ֔ים מַרְבִּצִ֖ים צֹֽאן

כֹּֽה־  Thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֹּה  
Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
אָמַר֮  says 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָ֣ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
צְבָאוֹת֒  of  hosts 
Parse: Noun, common plural
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
ע֞וֹד  again 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
יִֽהְיֶ֣ה ׀  there  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בַּמָּק֣וֹם  in  place 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
הַזֶּ֗ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
הֶחָרֵ֛ב  which  is  desolate 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חָרֵב  
Sense: waste, desolate, dry.
מֵֽאֵין־  without 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
אָדָ֥ם  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
וְעַד־  and  without 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
בְּהֵמָ֖ה  beast 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּהֵמָה  
Sense: beast, cattle, animal.
וּבְכָל־  and  in  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
עָרָ֑יו  its  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
נְוֵ֣ה  a  dwelling  place 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נָוֶה 
Sense: abode, habitation, abode of shepherds or flocks, pasture.
רֹעִ֔ים  of  shepherds 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: רָעָה 
Sense: to pasture, tend, graze, feed.
מַרְבִּצִ֖ים  causing  to  lie  down 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural
Root: רָבַץ  
Sense: to stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out.
צֹֽאן  [their]  flocks 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: צֹאן  
Sense: small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks.