Jeremiah 50:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Your motherאִמְּכֶם֙
(im·me·chem)
517: a motherfrom an unused word
will be greatlyמְאֹ֔ד
(me·'od,)
3966: muchness, force, abundancefrom an unused word
ashamed,בֹּ֤ושָׁה
(bo·v·shah)
954: to be ashameda prim. root
She who gave you birthיֹֽולַדְתְּכֶ֑ם
(yo·v·lad·te·chem;)
3205: to bear, bring forth, begeta prim. root
will be humiliated.חָפְרָ֖ה
(cha·fe·rah)
2659: to be abashed or ashameda prim. root
Behold,הִנֵּה֙
(hin·neh)
2009: lo! behold!prol. of hen
[she will be] the leastאַחֲרִ֣ית
(a·cha·rit)
319: the after-part, endfrom achar
of the nations,גֹּויִ֔ם
(go·v·yim,)
1471: nation, peoplefrom the same as gav
A wilderness,מִדְבָּ֖ר
(mid·bar)
4057b: wildernessfrom dabar
a parched landצִיָּ֥ה
(tzi·yah)
6723: dryness, droughtfrom an unused word
and a desert.וַעֲרָבָֽה׃
(va·'a·ra·vah.)
6160: a steppe or desert plain, also a desert valley running S. from the Sea of Galileefrom the same as Arab


















KJV Lexicon
Your mother
'em  (ame)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively) -- dam, mother, parting.
shall be sore
m`od  (meh-ode')
vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.
confounded
buwsh  (boosh)
to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
she that bare
yalad  (yaw-lad')
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
you shall be ashamed
chapher  (khaw-fare')
figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach -- be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
behold the hindermost
'achariyth  (akh-ar-eeth')
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity -- (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
of the nations
gowy  (go'-ee)
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
shall be a wilderness
midbar  (mid-bawr')
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) -- desert, south, speech, wilderness.
a dry land
tsiyah  (tsee-yaw')
aridity; concretely, a desert -- barren, drought, dry (land, place), solitary place, wilderness.
and a desert
`arabah  (ar-aw-baw')
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea -- Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Your mother will be greatly ashamed, She who gave you birth will be humiliated. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, A wilderness, a parched land and a desert.

King James Bible
Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
your mother will be utterly humiliated; she who bore you will be put to shame. Look! She will lag behind all the nations-- a dry land, a wilderness, an Arabah.

International Standard Version
your mother will be greatly devastated, she who gave birth to you will be ashamed. She will become the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

NET Bible
But Babylonia will be put to great shame. The land where you were born will be disgraced. Indeed, Babylonia will become the least important of all nations. It will become a dry and barren desert.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But your mother will be greatly ashamed. The woman who gave birth to you will be disgraced. Babylon, you will be the least important nation. You will become a parched desert.

King James 2000 Bible
Your mother shall be utterly confounded; she that bore you shall be ashamed: behold, the least of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
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