King James Version

Jeremiah 10:17

Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

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אִסְפִּ֥יispidestroyאָסַףverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “destroy”, a commandH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…מֵאֶ֖רֶץmeeretsfrom earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “from earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.כִּנְעָתֵ֑ךְkinatekhewaresכִּנְעָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “wares”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3666a packagewares.ישבתיyshvtydwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…יֹשֶׁ֖בֶתyoshevetdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…בַּמָּצֽוֹרbamatsorin siegeמָצוֹרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in siege”, the ordinary formH4692something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastnessbesieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Gather up thy wares from the ground, O thou that abidest in the siege.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.

Young’s Literal Translation

Gather from the land thy merchandise, O dweller in the bulwark,

World English Bible

Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.

Darby Translation

Gather up thy baggage out of the land, O inhabitress of the fortress.

Douay-Rheims

Gather up thy shame out of the land, thou that dwellest in a siege.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Gather up thy wares from the ground, O thou that abidest in the siege.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He has gathered thy substance from without that lodged in choice vessels .

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Συνήγαγεν ἔξωθεν τὴν ὑπόστασίν σου, κατοικοῦσαν ἐν ἐκλεκτοῖς.