The Meaning of Jeremiah 13:24 Explained

Jeremiah 13:24

KJV: Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

YLT: And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.

Darby: And I will scatter them as stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

ASV: Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore will I scatter  them as the stubble  that passeth away  by the wind  of the wilderness. 

What does Jeremiah 13:24 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Because of their inveterate sinning, the Lord would scatter the people from their land, like straw blown by the wind. Like the straw, they would end up in desert lands, namely: Babylonia.

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 13

1  By the type of a linen belt, hidden at Euphrates,
9  God prefigures the destruction of his people
12  By the parable of bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery
15  He exhorts to prevent their future judgments
22  He shows their abominations are the cause thereof

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 13:24 mean?

Therefore I will scatter them like stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness
וַאֲפִיצֵ֖ם כְּקַשׁ־ עוֹבֵ֑ר לְר֖וּחַ מִדְבָּֽר

וַאֲפִיצֵ֖ם  Therefore  I  will  scatter  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine plural
Root: פּוּץ 
Sense: to scatter, be dispersed, be scattered.
כְּקַשׁ־  like  stubble 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קַשׁ  
Sense: stubble, chaff.
עוֹבֵ֑ר  that  passes  away 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
לְר֖וּחַ  by  the  wind 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common singular construct
Root: רוּחַ  
Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
מִדְבָּֽר  of  the  wilderness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִדְבָּר 
Sense: wilderness.