What Does Jeremiah 46:27 Mean in the King James?
But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
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
The word translated “save” carries the movement of being brought out of constriction and into spacious life, where fear no longer defines the ending.
THE MEANING
This verse speaks to the place in you that feels far from rescue: distance and captivity do not have the final word. Deliverance reaches what is held away, turns you toward return, and opens into rest and ease where fear no longer commands the future.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Distance means abandonment, and captivity is permanent.
THE ROOT
מוֹשִׁיעֲךָ
moshia'kha
GROWS FROM
יָשַׁע
yasha
Deliver, bring out of danger and constriction into room.
English “save” can sound like a finished label; this Hebrew verb carries the motion of being brought out. The same root names both deliverance and the one who delivers, making release the heart of the promise.
ALSO GROWS
yeshuah: Deliverance
יְשׁוּעָה
It names the release that the verse promises.
moshia: Deliverer
מוֹשִׁיעַ
It names the one carrying out the same act of bringing out.
וְשָׁב
veshav
GROWS FROM
שׁוּב
shuv
Turn back, return.
The return here is a movement out of captivity toward rest and ease. The root holds both turning and coming back, so the promise is not only rescue from what holds you but a changed direction toward settled life.
ALSO GROWS
shuv: Turn back, return
שׁוּב
It is the root action expressed when Jacob returns.
teshuvah: Return, turning
תְּשׁוּבָה
This noun from the same root keeps the turning inside the idea of return.
שִׁבְיָם
shivyām
GROWS FROM
שָׁבָה
shavah
Capture, take away as a captive.
“captivity” in this verse is shivyām. The word points to a condition imposed by being taken away; it does not name the captive’s nature. The promise of deliverance releases what is held and opens a way back.
ALSO GROWS
shevi: Captivity, captive state
שְׁבִי
It names the condition from which the seed is brought out.
shavuy: Captive
שָׁבוּי
It names the person held by capture, the condition the promise does not leave in place.
THE PATTERN
Deliverance meets fear and distance by gathering the scattered into security and rest.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.THE THREAD
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;The Hebrew verb translated “save” here comes from the same root, יָשַׁע (yasha), as “I will save thee” in Jeremiah. Zechariah echoes deliverance reaching across distance and gathering people from separated places.
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