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Jeremiah 20:16

May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,

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ASV

And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;

KJV

And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָה֙ve.ha.Yahand he will beH1961 →
הָאִ֣ישׁha.'Ishthe personH376 →
הַה֔וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931 →
כֶּֽעָרִ֛יםke.'a.Rimlike the citiesH5892 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
הָפַ֥ךְha.Fakhhe overthrewH2015 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
נִחָ֑םni.Chamhe had compassionH5162 →
וְשָׁמַ֤עve.sha.Ma'and he will hearH8085 →
זְעָקָה֙ze.'a.Kaha cry of distressH2201 →
בַּבֹּ֔קֶרba.Bo.kerin the morningH1242 →
וּתְרוּעָ֖הu.te.ru.'Ahand a shout of alarmH8643 →
בְּעֵ֥תbe.'Etat [the] time ofH6256 →
צָהֳרָֽיִם׃tzo.ho.Ra.yimnoon<s>H6672 →

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Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.Jeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.Jeremiah 48:3–4A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.Jeremiah 23:14And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”Jonah 3:4On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.Luke 17:29But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.Jude 1:7In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.Jeremiah 18:8But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.Amos 4:11“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.Amos 2:2So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.Hosea 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!Amos 1:14So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.Jonah 4:2So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.Genesis 19:24–25Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.Jeremiah 26:13So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.

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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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