The Meaning of Jeremiah 9:7 Explained

Jeremiah 9:7

KJV: Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

YLT: Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?

Darby: Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else could I do for the daughter of my people?

ASV: Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else'should I do, because of the daughter of my people?

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Jeremiah 9:7?

MEANING: What does Jeremiah 9:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Jeremiah 9:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Jeremiah 9:7?

What is the context of Jeremiah 9:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

What does Jeremiah 9:7 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The sovereign Lord promised to put the Judean sinners through a refining process and to assay their value, because the current "dear" generation of His people was so wicked (cf. Jeremiah 6:27-30; Malachi 3:3). He could do nothing else.

Context Summary

Jeremiah 9:1-16 - National Perversity

Jeremiah 9:1-6

Once the voice of joy and thanksgiving had been heard in Jerusalem, but now on every side there was bloodshed, and the patriot-prophet could only weep incessantly over the slain. A lodge in the wilderness seemed preferable to the most luxurious mansion in the city. Solitude would be better than association with the ungodly perpetrators of such crimes. Yet we must not go out of the fray so long as our Captain wants us to remain in it, in dependence upon him.

Jeremiah 9:7-16

What a magnificent description of the effect of God's judgments on the land! No bird, no beast, no lowing of cattle, but jackals gamboling over the ruins of Jerusalem. However fast we shut our doors and windows, death enters our homes. Neither palace nor cottage is exempted. There is no escape for young or old from the judgments of God, except in penitence and faith. The secret of national decay and overthrow is the same in all ages. The tree is rotten at the core before it falls beneath the hurricane. Let us turn to 1 Corinthians 1:18, which belongs to this chapter, and learn how little the wisdom and might of the world can avail us in the dread hour of universal desolation. Stand with the Crucified and glory in His Cross; be content to bear His reproach and shame, that you may become a son of the Resurrection, and be accounted worthy to escape those things that must come to pass, and at last stand, before Him. [source]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 9

¹ Jeremiah laments the people for their manifold sins;
⁹ and for their judgment
¹² Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity
¹⁷ He exhorts to mourn for their destruction;
²³ and to trust not in themselves, but in God
²⁵ He threatens both Jews and Gentiles

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 9:7 mean?

Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts behold I will refine them and try them for how shall I deal with the daughter of My people

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִנְנִ֥י צוֹרְפָ֖ם וּבְחַנְתִּ֑ים כִּֽי־ אֵ֣יךְ אֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בַּת־ ؟ עַמִּֽי

כֹּ֤ה	thus
Parse: Adverb Root: כֹּה Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
אָמַר֙	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.
צְבָא֔וֹת	of hosts
Parse: Noun, common plural Root: צָבָא Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
הִנְנִ֥י	behold
Parse: Interjection, first person common singular Root: הֵן Sense: behold, lo, though hypothetical part.
צוֹרְפָ֖ם	I will refine them
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: צָרַף Sense: to smelt, refine, test.
וּבְחַנְתִּ֑ים	and try them
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular, third person masculine plural Root: בָּחַן Sense: to examine, try, prove.
אֵ֣יךְ	how
Parse: Interjection Root: אֵיךְ Sense: how? interj.
אֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה	shall I deal
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
בַּת־	the daughter
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: בַּת Sense: daughter.
؟ עַמִּֽי	of My people
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.

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