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Jeremiah 8:13

I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

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אָסֹ֥ףasofdestroyאָסַףverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “destroy”, the verb used for emphasisH622to 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…אֲסִיפֵ֖םasifemconsumeסוּףverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “consume”, an unfinished actionH5486to snatch away, i.e. terminateconsume, have an end, perish, [idiom] be utterly.נְאֻםneumsaidנְאֻםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “said”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5002an oracle(hath) said, saith.יְהֹוָ֑הyehovahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אֵין֩eynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).עֲנָבִ֨יםanavimgrapeעֵנָבnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “grape”, the ordinary formH6025a grape(ripe) grape, wine.בַּגֶּ֜פֶןbagefenin vineגֶּפֶןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in vine”, the ordinary formH1612a vine (as twining), especially the grapevine, tree.וְאֵ֧יןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).תְּאֵנִ֣יםteenimfigתְּאֵןnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “fig”, the ordinary formH8384the fig (tree or fruit)fig (tree).בַּתְּאֵנָ֗הbatenahin figתְּאֵןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in fig”, the ordinary formH8384the fig (tree or fruit)fig (tree).וְהֶֽעָלֶה֙vehealehand the leafעָלֶהconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and the leaf”, the ordinary formH5929a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliagebranch, leaf.נָבֵ֔לnaveldisgraceנָבֵלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “disgrace”, a completed actionH5034to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgracedisgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, [idiom] surely, make vile, wither.וָאֶתֵּ֥ןvaetenand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לָהֶ֖םlahemtoלָהֶ֖םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toיַעַבְרֽוּםyaavrumalienateעָבַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “alienate”, an unfinished actionH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I will utterly consume them, saith the LORD; there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is faded; and I gave them that which they transgress.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I will utterly consume them, saith Jehovah: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

Young’s Literal Translation

I utterly consume them, an affirmation of Jehovah, There are no grapes in the vine, Yea, there are no figs in the fig-tree, And the leaf hath faded, And the strength they have passeth from them.

World English Bible

“‘I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh. No grapes will be on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf will fade. The things that I have given them will pass away from them.’”

Darby Translation

I will utterly take them away, saith Jehovah: there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree; and the leaf is faded: and I will give them up to those that shall pass over them.

Douay-Rheims

Gathering I will gather them together, saith the Lord, there is no grape on the vines, and there are no figs on the fig tree, the leaf is fallen: and I have given them the things that are passed away.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I will utterly consume them, saith the LORD; there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is faded; and I gave them that which they transgress.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

There are no grapes on the vines, and there are no figs on the fig-trees, and the leaves have fallen off.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ συνάξουσι τὰ γεννήματα αὐτῶν, λέγει Κύριος. Οὐκ ἔστι σταφυλὴ ἐν ταῖς ἀμπέλοις, καὶ οὐκ ἐστι σῦκα ἐν ταῖς συκαῖς, καὶ τὰ φύλλα κατεῤῥύηκεν.