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Jeremiah 31:8

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.

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הִנְנִי֩hinniifהֵןparticle, demonstrative, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “if”H2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) ifbehold, if, lo, though.מֵבִ֨יאmevito comeבּוֹאverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “to come”, a verb used as a describing wordH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…אוֹתָ֜םotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מֵאֶ֣רֶץmeeretsfrom 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.צָפ֗וֹןtsafonnorthצָפוֹןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “north”, the ordinary formH6828properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).וְקִבַּצְתִּים֮veqibatstimand assembleקָבַץconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and assemble”, a completed action in a sequenceH6908to grasp, i.e. collectassemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.מִיַּרְכְּתֵיmiyarketefrom borderיְרֵכָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, dual, construct — “from border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3411properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recessborder, coast, part, quarter, side.אָרֶץ֒aretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.בָּ֚םbaminבָּ֚םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”inעִוֵּ֣רiverblindעִוֵּרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “blind”, the ordinary formH5787blind (literally or figuratively)blind (men, people).וּפִסֵּ֔חַufisechaand lameפִּסֵּחַconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and lame”, the ordinary formH6455lamelame.הָרָ֥הharahwith childהָרֶהadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “with child”, the ordinary formH2030pregnant(be, woman) with child, conceive, [idiom] great.וְיֹלֶ֖דֶתveyoledetand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and bear”, a verb used as a describing wordH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…יַחְדָּ֑וyachdavalikeיַחַדadverb — “alike”H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyalike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.קָהָ֥לqahalassemblyקָהָלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “assembly”, the ordinary formH6951assemblage (usually concretely)assembly, company, congregation, multitude.גָּד֖וֹלgadolgreatגָּדוֹלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “great”, the ordinary formH1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent[phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.יָשׁ֥וּבוּyashuvvagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “again”, an unfinished actionH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…הֵֽנָּהhenahhitherהֵנָּהadverb — “hither”H2008hither or thither (but used both of place and time)here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, [phrase] since, this (that) way, thitherward, [phrase] thus far, to...fro, [phrase] yet.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together; a great company shall they return hither.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

Lo, I am bringing them in from the north country, And have gathered them from the sides of the earth, Among them [are] blind and lame, Conceiving and travailing one — together, A great assembly — they turn back hither.

World English Bible

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together. They will return as a great company.

Darby Translation

Behold, I bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth; [and] among them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great assemblage shall they return hither.

Douay-Rheims

Behold I will bring them from the north country, and will gather them from the ends of the earth: and among them shall be the blind, and the lame, the woman with child, and she that is bringing forth, together, a great company of them returning hither.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And destruction shall come upon every city, it shall by no means escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain country shall be completely destroyed, as the Lord has said.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἥξει ὄλεθρος ἐπὶ πᾶσαν πόλιν, οὐ μὴ σωθῇ, καὶ ἀπολεῖται ὁ αὐλῶν, καὶ ἐξολοθρευθήσεται ἡ πεδινὴ, καθὼς εἶπε Κύριος.