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Jeremiah 23:29

“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”

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ASV

Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

KJV

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲל֨וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
כֹ֧הkhohthusH3541 →
דְבָרִ֛יde.va.Ri[is] word myH1697 →
כָּאֵ֖שׁka.'Eshlike <the> fireH784 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וּכְפַטִּ֖ישׁu.khe.fa.Tishand like a hammerH6360 →
יְפֹ֥צֵֽץye.Fo.tzetz[which] it shattersH6327 →
סָֽלַע׃ סSa.la'rockH5553 →

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Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.Jeremiah 5:14Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.Luke 24:32They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”Jeremiah 20:9If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.2 Corinthians 10:4–5The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.Revelation 11:5If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.Romans 1:16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.Acts 2:3They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.2 Corinthians 2:16To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?Hosea 6:5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.1 Corinthians 3:13his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.Mark 1:22The people were astonished at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.Acts 24:25As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”Mark 3:17James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),Mark 4:8Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”

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