The Meaning of Jeremiah 43:13 Explained

Jeremiah 43:13

KJV: He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

YLT: and he hath broken the standing pillars of the house of the sun, that is in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt he doth burn with fire.'

Darby: And he shall break the pillars of Beth-shemesh, which is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.

ASV: He shall also break the pillars of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He shall break  also the images  of Bethshemesh,  that [is] in the land  of Egypt;  and the houses  of the gods  of the Egyptians  shall he burn  with fire. 

What does Jeremiah 43:13 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Nebuchadnezzar would also break down the obelisks that stood at On (Gr. Heliopolis), the Egyptian city of the sun about five miles northeast of modern Cairo. And he would burn the temples of the gods of Egypt. Heliopolis was the site of the famous temple of Amon- Revelation , the sun god, which people approached by passing between two rows of obelisks. [1] Only one of these obelisks still stands on the site. One of them is now in Central Park in New York City, and another is on the Thames Embankment in London. Both are wrongly called "Cleopatra"s Needle." [2] Egyptian obelisks were sacred monuments that honored various pagan gods. As Moses, the servant of the Lord, had humiliated the gods of Egypt at the Exodus , so Nebuchadnezzar, a Gentile servant of the Lord, would humiliate them again.

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 43

1  Johanan, discrediting Jeremiah's prophecy, carries him and the rest in Egypt
8  Jeremiah prophesies by a type the conquest of Egypt by the Babylonians

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 43:13 mean?

And He shall break - the sacred pillars of Beth Shemesh that [are] in the land of Egypt and the houses of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire -
וְשִׁבַּ֗ר אֶֽת־ מַצְּבוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְאֶת־ בָּתֵּ֥י אֱלֹהֵֽי־ מִצְרַ֖יִם יִשְׂרֹ֥ף בָּאֵֽשׁ ס

וְשִׁבַּ֗ר  And  He  shall  break 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁבוּר 
Sense: to break, break in pieces.
אֶֽת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
מַצְּבוֹת֙  the  sacred  pillars 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מַצֵּבָה  
Sense: pillar, mastaba, stump.
שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ  Beth  Shemesh 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ  
Sense: a town in southwest Judah.
אֲשֶׁ֖ר  that  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
מִצְרָ֑יִם  of  Egypt 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
בָּתֵּ֥י  the  houses 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֱלֹהֵֽי־  of  the  gods 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
מִצְרַ֖יִם  of  Egypt 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
יִשְׂרֹ֥ף  he  shall  burn 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂרַף  
Sense: to burn.
בָּאֵֽשׁ  with  fire 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: אֵשׁ  
Sense: fire.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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