Jeremiah 31:21 KJV

Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

Thou and Ye

  • thee, thine, thou, thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • The promised SaviourThe way from the bondage of sin to the liberty of God's children, is a high-way. It is plain, it is safe; yet none are likely to walk in it, unless they set...

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Parallel Passages

  • Jeremiah 6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Jeremiah 50:5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
  • Isaiah 48:20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
  • Psalms 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
  • Isaiah 52:11–12 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. …
  • Isaiah 57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

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  • IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Set thee up הַצִּיבִי haṣṣîbî נָצַב Verb · hiphil imperative, second person feminine singular
  • waymarks לָךְ lāk Preposition · with suffix: second person feminine singular צִיֻּנִים ṣiyyunîm צִיּוּן Noun · masculine plural
  • make שִׂמִי śimî שׂוּם Verb · qal imperative, second person feminine singular
  • thee high heaps לָךְ lāk Preposition · with suffix: second person feminine singular תַּמְרוּרִים tamrûrîm תַּמְרוּר Noun · masculine plural
  • set שִׁתִי šitî שִׁית Verb · qal imperative, second person feminine singular
  • thine heart לִבֵּךְ libbēk לֵב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular
  • toward the highway לַמְסִלָּה lamsillâ מְסִלָּה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition with the
  • the way דֶּרֶךְ derek דֶּרֶךְ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
  • thou wentest הָלָכְתְּ hālākĕtt הָלַךְ Verb · qal perfect, second person feminine singular
  • turn again שׁוּבִי šûbî שׁוּב Verb · qal imperative, second person feminine singular
  • O virgin בְּתוּלַת bĕtûlat בְּתוּלָה Noun · feminine singular construct
  • of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
  • turn again שֻׁבִי šubî שׁוּב Verb · qal imperative, second person feminine singular
  • to these thy cities אֶל ʾel Preposition עָרַיִךְ ʿārayik עִיר Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular אֵלֶּה ʾēllê Pronoun

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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