Jeremiah 23:14
And 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.”
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ASV
In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
KJV
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וּבִנְבִאֵ֨י | u.vin.vi.'Ei | and among [the] prophets of | H5030 → |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם | ye.ru.sha.Lim | Jerusalem | H3389 → |
| רָאִ֣יתִי | ra.'I.ti | I have seen | H7200 → |
| שַׁעֲרוּרָ֗ה | sha.'a.ru.Rah | a horrible [thing] | H8186 → |
| נָא֞וֹף | na.'of | they have committed adultery | H5003 → |
| וְהָלֹ֤ךְ | ve.ha.Lokh | and they have walked | H1980 → |
| בַּשֶּׁ֙קֶר֙ | ba.She.ker | in <the> falsehood | H8267 → |
| וְחִזְּקוּ֙ | ve.chi.ze.Ku | and they have strengthened | H2388 → |
| יְדֵ֣י | ye.Dei | [the] hands of | H3027 → |
| מְרֵעִ֔ים | me.re.'Im | evil-doers | H7489 → |
| לְבִ֨לְתִּי־ | le.Vil.ti- | to not | H1115 → |
| שָׁ֔בוּ | Sha.vu | they have turned away | H7725 → |
| אִ֖ישׁ | 'ish | anyone | H376 → |
| מֵרָֽעָת֑וֹ | me.ra.'a.To | from evil his | H7451 → |
| הָֽיוּ־ | ha.yu- | they have become | H1961 → |
| לִ֤י | li | to <the> me | |
| כֻלָּם֙ | khu.Lam | all of them | H3605 → |
| כִּסְדֹ֔ם | kis.Dom | like Sodom | H5467 → |
| וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ | ve.yo.she.Vei.ha | and inhabitants its | H3427 → |
| כַּעֲמֹרָֽה׃ ס | ka.'a.mo.Rah | like Gomorrah | H6017 → |
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