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Jeremiah 14:18

If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”

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ASV

If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, they that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.

KJV

If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
יָצָ֣אתִיya.Tza.tiI went outH3318 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֗הha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704 →
וְהִנֵּה֙ve.hi.Nehand there!H2009 →
חַלְלֵי־cha.lei-[those] slain ofH2491 →
חֶ֔רֶבChe.reva swordH2719 →
וְאִם֙ve.'Imand ifH518 →
בָּ֣אתִיBa.tiI wentH935 →
הָעִ֔ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
וְהִנֵּ֖הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009 →
תַּחֲלוּאֵ֣יta.cha.lu.'Eidiseases ofH8463 →
רָעָ֑בra.'AvfamineH7458 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
גַם־gam-bothH1571 →
נָבִ֧יאna.Vi'prophetH5030 →
גַם־gam-as well asH1571 →
כֹּהֵ֛ןko.HenpriestH3548 →
סָחֲר֥וּsa.cha.Ruthey have gone aboutH5503 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
אֶ֖רֶץ'E.retza landH776 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יָדָֽעוּ׃ סya.Da.'uthey knowH3045 →

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Ezekiel 7:15The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.Lamentations 1:20See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.2 Kings 7:4If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.2 Kings 6:25So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.Jeremiah 6:13“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.Deuteronomy 28:36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.Jeremiah 52:6–7By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.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?Deuteronomy 28:16You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.Jeremiah 6:25Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.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 22:2O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.Jeremiah 23:21I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.Jeremiah 2:8The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.Lamentations 4:13–16But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.

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