What Does Jeremiah 19:2 Mean in the King James?

And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

Jeremiah 19:2 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The word is carried out and proclaimed at the very place that gives it force.

THE MEANING

The verse places the message in a valley beside a gate. The words leave the hidden place of reception and become audible at a threshold where people pass; their setting is part of what they say.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It unsettles the belief that a message can remain safely abstract: here, the word is carried to a specific place.

THE ROOT

הַדְּבָרִים

haddevarim

GROWS FROM

דבר

d-b-r

Speak, utter; the related noun can mean a word or a matter.

“words” in this verse is haddevarim. English separates the spoken word from the matter being discussed, while Hebrew holds both in ⁨דָּבָר⁩ (dābār, word or matter). The message here is not empty sound: it carries the matter itself into the place where it is spoken.

ALSO GROWS

dābār: Word, matter, or affair.

דָּבָר

This branch holds speech and its subject together: the words being delivered carry a matter with them.

dibbēr: He spoke or declared.

דִּבֵּר

This verbal branch shows the root in action: the words become a spoken declaration.

וְקָרָאתָ

weqārāʾtā

GROWS FROM

קרא

q-r-ʾ

Call, summon, cry out; also read aloud or proclaim.

The English word “proclaim” can sound like a formal announcement, but ⁨קָרָא⁩ (qārāʾ, call or proclaim) also carries the sense of calling aloud. The command makes the message a voiced address that reaches people where they are.

ALSO GROWS

miqrāʾ: Convocation or assembly; also a reading.

מִקְרָא

The call can gather people, showing how proclamation carries public address rather than information alone.

qōrēʾ: One who calls or reads aloud.

קֹרֵא

This form makes the voiced act explicit: someone calls the words into hearing.

THE PATTERN

A received word is carried to a specific place and voiced where people can encounter it.

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

Jonah 3:2 · KJVThe message is carried into a particular city and spoken there as directed.

And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.

Ezekiel 2:7 · KJVThe words are spoken to the people directly, even when their response is uncertain.

Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

Acts 5:20 · KJVThe message is placed in a public setting and spoken where people gather.

THE THREAD

Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

Jeremiah 1:9 · KJV

Jeremiah 1:9 places the words in the mouth; here they leave that mouth and reach the valley. Both use ⁨דָּבָר⁩ (dābār, word or matter): the received word becomes a matter spoken in a particular place.

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