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Jeremiah 14:16

And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.

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ASV

And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them—them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

KJV

And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָעָ֣םve.ha.'Amand the peopleH5971 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whomH834 →
הֵ֣מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992 →
נִבְּאִ֣יםni.be.'Im[are] prophesyingH5012 →
לָהֶ֡םla.Hemto <the> them
יִֽהְי֣וּyih.Yuthey will beH1961 →
מֻשְׁלָכִים֩mush.la.Khimthrown outH7993 →
בְּחֻצ֨וֹתbe.chu.Tzotin [the] streets ofH2351 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
מִפְּנֵ֣י׀mi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440 →
הָרָעָ֣בha.ra.'Avthe famineH7458 →
וְהַחֶ֗רֶבve.ha.Che.revand the swordH2719 →
וְאֵ֤יןve.'Einand notH369 →
מְקַבֵּר֙me.ka.Bera burierH6912 →
לָהֵ֔מָּהla.He.mah[will belong] to them
הֵ֣מָּהHe.mahthemH1992 →
נְשֵׁיהֶ֔םne.shei.Hemwives theirH802 →
וּבְנֵיהֶ֖םu.ve.nei.Hemand sons theirH1121 →
וּבְנֹֽתֵיהֶ֑םu.ve.no.tei.Hemand daughters theirH1323 →
וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֥יve.sha.fakh.Tiand I will pour outH8210 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
רָעָתָֽם׃ra.'a.Tamwickedness theirH7451 →

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Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.Psalms 79:2–3They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.Jeremiah 15:2–3If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’Jeremiah 7:33The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.Psalms 79:3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.Jeremiah 13:22–25And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.Jeremiah 16:4“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”Isaiah 51:20Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.Isaiah 9:16For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.Jeremiah 9:22Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”Revelation 16:1Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”Jeremiah 19:6–7So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”Jeremiah 4:18“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”Jeremiah 2:17–19Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?Jeremiah 7:20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.

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