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Jeremiah 16:10

When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’

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ASV

And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath Jehovah pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Jehovah our God?

KJV

And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָ֗הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
כִּ֤יkithatH3588 →
תַגִּיד֙ta.Gidyou will tellH5046 →
לָעָ֣םla.'Amto the peopleH5971 →
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.Rimthe wordsH1697 →
הָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428 →
וְאָמְר֣וּve.'a.me.Ruand they will sayH559 →
אֵלֶ֗יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413 →
עַל־'al-concerningH5921 →
מֶה֩mehwhat?H4100 →
דִבֶּ֨רdi.Berhas he spokenH1696 →
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.Lei.nuon usH5921 →
אֵ֣ת'et<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הָרָעָ֤הha.ra.'Ahthe calamityH7451 →
הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ha.ge.do.Lah<the> greatH1419 →
הַזֹּ֔אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
וּמֶ֤הu.Mehand what?H4100 →
עֲוֹנֵ֙נוּ֙'a.vo.Ne.nu[is] iniquity ourH5771 →
וּמֶ֣הu.Mehand what?H4100 →
חַטָּאתֵ֔נוּcha.ta.Te.nu[is] sin ourH2403 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
חָטָ֖אנוּcha.Ta.nuwe have sinnedH2398 →
לַֽיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430 →

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Jeremiah 5:19And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”Joel 2:1Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—1 Kings 9:8–9And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’Jeremiah 13:22And 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.Deuteronomy 29:24–25So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’Hosea 12:8And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”Jeremiah 2:35you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’Jeremiah 22:8–9And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’Deuteronomy 32:42I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”Jeremiah 22:8And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’Jeremiah 36:7Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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