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Jeremiah 29:22

Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’

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ASV

and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

KJV

And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֻקַּ֤חve.lu.Kachand it will be takenH3947 →
מֵהֶם֙me.Hemfrom <the> them
קְלָלָ֔הke.la.Laha curseH7045 →
לְכֹל֙le.Kholby allH3605 →
גָּל֣וּתga.Lut[the] exile[s] ofH1546 →
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
בְּבָבֶ֖לbe.va.Vel[are] in BabylonH894 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
יְשִֽׂמְךָ֤ye.sim.Khamay he make youH7760 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
כְּצִדְקִיָּ֣הוּke.tzid.ki.Ya.hulike ZedekiahH6667 →
וּכְאֶחָ֔בu.khe.'e.Chavand like AhabH256 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whomH834 →
קָלָ֥םka.Lamhe roasted themH7033 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
בָּבֶ֖לba.VelBabylonH894 →
בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'Eshin the fireH784 →

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Daniel 3:6And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”Isaiah 65:15You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.Genesis 48:20So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.Daniel 3:21So they were tied up, wearing robes, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and they were thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.Numbers 5:21and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.Ruth 4:11“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!Numbers 5:27When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.Numbers 26:10And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.Habakkuk 2:6Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’Psalms 102:8All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.Ezekiel 14:8I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.Jeremiah 26:6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”Jeremiah 29:18I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.Jeremiah 42:18For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’Jeremiah 44:12And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.1 Samuel 25:26Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.

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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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