The Meaning of Jeremiah 5:16 Explained

Jeremiah 5:16

KJV: Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

YLT: Its quiver is as an open sepulchre, All of them -- mighty ones.

Darby: Their quiver is as an open sepulchre; they are all mighty men.

ASV: Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Jeremiah 5:16?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Jeremiah 5:16 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Jeremiah 5:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Their quiver  [is] as an open  sepulchre,  they [are] all mighty men. 

What does Jeremiah 5:16 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The enemy soldiers" yawning quivers would be like open graves in that their arrows would slay the Judahites and send them to other large openings: graves in the ground (cf. Psalm 5:9). All the enemy soldiers would be mighty warriors, not just citizens recruited for military duty.

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 5

1  The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;
7  for their adultery;
10  for their impiety;
15  for their worship of idols;
19  for their contempt of God;
25  and for their great corruption in the civil state;
30  and ecclesiastical

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 5:16 mean?

Their quiver [is] like tomb an open they [are] all mighty men
אַשְׁפָּת֖וֹ כְּקֶ֣בֶר פָּת֑וּחַ כֻּלָּ֖ם גִּבּוֹרִֽים

אַשְׁפָּת֖וֹ  Their  quiver  [is] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אַשְׁפָּה  
Sense: quiver (for arrows).
כְּקֶ֣בֶר  like  tomb 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֶבֶר  
Sense: grave, sepulchre, tomb.
פָּת֑וּחַ  an  open 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: פָּתַח 
Sense: to open.
כֻּלָּ֖ם  they  [are]  all 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
גִּבּוֹרִֽים  mighty  men 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.

What are the major concepts related to Jeremiah 5:16?

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Similar Scriptures for Jeremiah 5:16

Isaiah 5:28 [5]
Psalms 5:9 [4]
Romans 3:13 [2]