| 6. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with ve'atah {וְאַתָּ֣ה | wə-ʾat-tā} ‘and you’, directly addressing Pashhur, using the conjunction-prefixed pronoun for emphasis. The construct chain ve'khol yoshvei beitekha {וְכֹל יֹשְׁבֵי בֵיתֶךָ | wə-ḵol yōš-ḇê bê-ṯe-ḵā} extends the decree to his household. The sequential Qal imperfects telekhu {תֵּלְכ֖וּ | tēl-ḵû} and tavo {תָּב֗וֹא | tā-ḇōʾ} alternate plural and singular persons, characteristic of Hebrew prophetic address, marking collective and individual fate. The adverbial ve-sham {וְשָׁם | wə-šām} repeated before tamut {תָּמוּת | tā-mûṯ} and tiqaver {תִּקָּבֵר | tiq-qā-ḇêr} structures a culmination in exile, death, and burial. The Niphal imperfect tiqaver conveys a passive, inevitable outcome. The relative clause asher nibbeta lahem ba-sheker {אֲשֶׁר־נִבֵּאתָ לָהֶם בַּשָּׁקֶר | ʾă-šer nib-bē-ʾā lā-hem baš-šā-qer} underscores the communal fault of false prophecy. The English rendering rearranges Hebrew verb-second clauses into subject-verb-object order while preserving rhetorical force and judgment tone. |