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Jeremiah 13:27

Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”

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ASV

I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?

KJV

I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
נִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְni.'u.Fa.yikhadulteri<es> yourH5004 →
וּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙u.mitz.ha.lo.Ta.yikhand neighings yourH4684 →
זִמַּ֣תzi.Mat[the] wickedness ofH2154 →
זְנוּתֵ֔ךְze.nu.Tekhprostitution yourH2184 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
גְּבָעוֹת֙ge.va.'OthillsH1389 →
בַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.Dehin the fieldH7704 →
רָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiI have seenH7200 →
שִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְshi.ku.Tza.yikhdetestable things yourH8251 →
א֥וֹי'owoe!H188 →
לָךְ֙loKhto <the> you
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimO JerusalemH3389 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
תִטְהֲרִ֔יtit.ha.Riyou are cleanH2891 →
אַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
מָתַ֖יma.Taiwhen?H4970 →
עֹֽד׃ פ'OdyetH5750 →

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Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.Ezekiel 24:13Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.Ezekiel 6:13Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.Isaiah 65:7both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”Hosea 8:5He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?Matthew 23:26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.Jeremiah 5:8They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?Ezekiel 36:37This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.2 Corinthians 12:21I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.Jeremiah 2:20–24“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.Hosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.Jeremiah 5:7–8“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.2 Corinthians 7:1Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.John 5:6When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

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