What Does Jeremiah 50:1 Mean in the King James?
The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
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
“Word” and “spake” share one Hebrew root: the message is speech already moving toward its target.
THE MEANING
As you read, “word” and “spake” come from the same Hebrew root: the message is speech moving toward its object. It arrives through a human voice and names its target plainly.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the assumption that a word is only information, detached from the act of speaking it.
THE ROOT
דָּבָר
davar
GROWS FROM
דבר
d-b-r
To speak; a spoken matter.
Hebrew uses דָּבָר (davar, “word”) and דִּבֵּר (dibber, “spoke”) from the same root. The verse repeats that root as noun and verb, so its message is not inert content; it is speech directed toward Babylon.
ALSO GROWS
dibber: He spoke; declared.
דִּבֵּר
This is the verb form heard in “spake,” sharing its root with “word” and joining the message to the act of speaking.
devarim: Words; matters or things.
דְּבָרִים
This plural branch can name both utterances and matters, showing how a spoken word can carry consequence.
THE PATTERN
Divine speech is directed and effective: it goes toward its object and does work there.
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.THE THREAD
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.Jeremiah 50:1 pairs דָּבָר (davar, “word”) with דִּבֵּר (dibber, “spake”), forms of the same Hebrew root. Isaiah shows that same dabar going out from the mouth and accomplishing its purpose, opening this word as directed speech rather than a detached announcement.
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