What Does Jeremiah 33:11 Mean in the King James?
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Hebrew uses one root for “Praise the LORD” and the “sacrifice of praise,” joining what the mouth voices with what the household offers.
THE MEANING
Restoration gathers into a shared scene: joy rises through bridegroom and bride, praise fills the house of the LORD, and the land returns. The voices name the LORD’s goodness and enduring faithful love as part of that return.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that praise is detached ceremony: here thanksgiving belongs to restored relationships, shared life, and the land.
THE ROOT
הוֹדוּ
hodu
GROWS FROM
י־ד־ה
y-d-h
To acknowledge, give thanks, or praise.
The command “Praise the LORD” and the later phrase “sacrifice of praise” use forms from the same root. English separates the spoken praise from the offering, while Hebrew joins them as expressions of thanksgiving.
ALSO GROWS
todah: Thanksgiving; a thanksgiving offering
תּוֹדָה
This is the word rendered “praise” in “the sacrifice of praise,” linking the offering to the opening command.
modeh: One who gives thanks or acknowledges
מוֹדֶה
This form shows gratitude as acknowledgment, not only a feeling of gladness.
חַסְדּוֹ
chasdo
GROWS FROM
ח־ס־ד
ḥ-s-d
Faithful, enduring love.
The word rendered “mercy” is chesed, faithful love named here as enduring. The voices praise a love that remains part of the land’s return.
ALSO GROWS
chasadim: Acts or expressions of faithful love
חֲסָדִים
The plural form gives chesed a lived shape: faithful love expressed in acts.
chasid: A faithful or devoted person
חָסִיד
This related form describes a person shaped by the quality the verse says endures.
THE PATTERN
Restoration becomes communal and audible through returning joy, shared celebration, and praise.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.THE THREAD
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:Both verses use תּוֹדָה (todah, thanksgiving or a thanksgiving offering), from י־ד־ה (y-d-h), the root behind “praise” in Jeremiah. Jeremiah places the voice of praise beside the offering; this verse names that offering as thanksgiving to God.
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