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Jeremiah 23:9

As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.

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ASV

Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.

KJV

Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לַנְּבִאִ֞יםla.ne.vi.'Imof the prophetsH5030 →
נִשְׁבַּ֧רnish.Barit is brokenH7665 →
לִבִּ֣יli.Biheart myH3820 →
בְקִרְבִּ֗יve.kir.Biin inner being myH7130 →
רָֽחֲפוּ֙ra.cha.Futhey have become weakH7363 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
עַצְמוֹתַ֔יatz.mo.Taibones myH6106 →
הָיִ֙יתִי֙ha.Yi.tiI have becomeH1961 →
כְּאִ֣ישׁke.'Ishlike a personH376 →
שִׁכּ֔וֹרshi.KordrunkenH7910 →
וּכְגֶ֖בֶרu.khe.Ge.verand like a manH1397 →
עֲבָ֣רוֹ'a.Va.rov[whom] it has passed over himH5674 →
יָ֑יִןYa.yinwineH3196 →
מִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וּמִפְּנֵ֖יu.mi.pe.Neiand <from> because ofH6440 →
דִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.Rei[the] words ofH1697 →
קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃ka.de.Shoholiness hisH6944 →

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Habakkuk 3:16I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.Isaiah 51:21Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.Psalms 60:3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.Daniel 8:27I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.2 Peter 2:7and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawlessEzekiel 3:15I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”Jeremiah 14:17–18You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.Romans 7:9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.Ezekiel 9:6Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?Isaiah 29:9Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.Isaiah 28:1Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.Jeremiah 25:15–18This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.2 Kings 22:19–20because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

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About Jeremiah

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