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Jeremiah 17:4

And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”

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ASV

And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger which shall burn for ever.

KJV

And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֗הve.sha.ma.Tahand you will let fallH8058 →
וּבְךָ֙u.ve.Khaand in <the> you
מִנַּחֲלָֽתְךָ֙mi.na.cha.la.te.Khafrom inheritance yourH5159 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
נָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiI gaveH5414 →
לָ֔ךְLakhto <the> you
וְהַעֲבַדְתִּ֙יךָ֙ve.ha.'a.vad.Ti.khaand I will make serve youH5647 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ'o.ye.Vei.khaenemies yourH341 →
בָּאָ֖רֶץba.'A.retzin <the> landH776 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יָדָ֑עְתָּya.Da.'e.tayou knowH3045 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
אֵ֛שׁ'esha fireH784 →
קְדַחְתֶּ֥םke.dach.Temyou have kindledH6919 →
בְּאַפִּ֖יbe.'a.Piin anger myH639 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
עוֹלָ֥םo.LamperpetuityH5769 →
תּוּקָֽד׃ סtu.Kadit will burnH3344 →

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Jeremiah 15:14Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”Lamentations 5:2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.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.Mark 9:43–49If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.Jeremiah 27:12–13And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!Isaiah 14:3On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,Jeremiah 16:13So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’Deuteronomy 4:26–27I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.Nahum 1:5–6The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.Ezekiel 21:31I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.Deuteronomy 28:47–48Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,Deuteronomy 32:22–25For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.2 Kings 25:21There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.Jeremiah 25:9–11behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

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