Jeremiah 5:5
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Berean Study Bible
I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

Young's Literal Translation
I get me to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.’ Surely they together have broken the yoke, They have drawn away the bands.

King James Bible
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, [and] the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, [and] burst the bonds.

Hebrew
I will go
אֵֽלֲכָה־ (’ê·lă·ḵāh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the powerful
הַגְּדֹלִים֙ (hag·gə·ḏō·lîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

and speak
וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה (wa·’ă·ḏab·bə·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

to them.
אוֹתָ֔ם (’ō·w·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

Surely
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they
הֵ֗מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

know
יָדְעוּ֙ (yā·ḏə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3045: To know

the way
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

the justice
מִשְׁפַּ֖ט (miš·paṭ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

of their God.
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

But
אַ֣ךְ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

they too,
הֵ֤מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

with one accord,
יַחְדָּו֙ (yaḥ·dāw)
Adverb
Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly

had broken
שָׁ֣בְרוּ (šā·ḇə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

the yoke
עֹ֔ל (‘ōl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5923: A yoke

and torn off
נִתְּק֖וּ (nit·tə·qū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5423: To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off

the chains.
מוֹסֵרֽוֹת׃ (mō·w·sê·rō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4147: Chastisement, a halter, restraint

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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