What Does Jeremiah 33:9 Mean in the King James?
And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
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
God’s work becomes a public name of joy and honor, and the wholeness called prosperity is what the nations hear and tremble at.
THE MEANING
God’s good work among you becomes a name of joy, praise, and honor before others. People hear what is being done, and the wholeness it brings can awaken awe and trembling.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that restoration must stay private or go unnoticed: goodness can take a public form that others recognize.
THE ROOT
שָׁלוֹם
shalom
GROWS FROM
שלם
sh-l-m
To be complete, whole, or intact; to bring to completion.
The same shalom can name peace and outward well-being; this verse holds them together. What becomes public prosperity is wholeness made visible in a people.
ALSO GROWS
shalem: Whole, complete, intact.
שָׁלֵם
It shows the wholeness carried by the prosperity God brings.
shillem: To repay, recompense, or make good.
שִׁלֵּם
This branch links wholeness with making good what is owed or lacking.
תְּהִלָּה
tehillah
GROWS FROM
הלל
h-l-l
To praise or celebrate.
The praise here is public celebration arising from what God does. Its root appears in the call halelu, so the nations’ witness becomes the very material of praise.
ALSO GROWS
halelu: Praise!
הַלְלוּ
This familiar call to praise shares the root behind the verse’s word for praise.
mehullal: Praised, celebrated.
מְהֻלָּל
This describes the public recognition that the verse associates with God’s work.
יִשְׁמְעוּ
yishme'u
GROWS FROM
שמע
sh-m-ʿ
To hear or listen attentively, with the possibility of responding.
The root can carry more than receiving sound: its command form can mean hear and respond, while a related noun means report or news. The good God does becomes a report that travels and changes how the nations respond.
ALSO GROWS
shema: Hear, listen, respond.
שְׁמַע
It shows the responsive depth carried by the root behind the nations’ hearing.
shemuah: Report, news; something heard.
שְׁמוּעָה
It makes clear how news of God’s good work can travel beyond those who first see it.
THE PATTERN
When God’s work becomes visible or audible, those who witness it recognize its source and respond with awe.
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.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.And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.THE THREAD
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.The same Hebrew word, שָׁלוֹם (shalom), appears here as peace and in verse 9 as prosperity. The cure and the public flourishing are one wholeness: the good work becomes visible enough to be heard among the nations.
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