The Meaning of Jeremiah 50:36 Explained

Jeremiah 50:36

KJV: A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

YLT: A sword is on the princes, And they have become foolish; A sword is on her mighty ones, And they have been broken down;

Darby: the sword is upon the liars, and they shall become fools; the sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed;

ASV: A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A sword  [is] upon the liars;  and they shall dote:  a sword  [is] upon her mighty men;  and they shall be dismayed. 

What does Jeremiah 50:36 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 50

1  The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 50:36 mean?

A sword [is] against the soothsayers and they will be fools her mighty men and they will be dismayed
חֶ֥רֶב אֶל־ הַבַּדִּ֖ים וְנֹאָ֑לוּ גִּבּוֹרֶ֖יהָ וָחָֽתּוּ

חֶ֥רֶב  A  sword  [is] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
אֶל־  against 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַבַּדִּ֖ים  the  soothsayers 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: בַּד 
Sense: empty talk, idle talk, liar, lie.
וְנֹאָ֑לוּ  and  they  will  be  fools 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָאַל  
Sense: to be foolish, become fools, act foolishly, show wicked folly.
גִּבּוֹרֶ֖יהָ  her  mighty  men 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.
וָחָֽתּוּ  and  they  will  be  dismayed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: חָתַת  
Sense: to be shattered, be dismayed, be broken, be abolished, be afraid.