Jeremiah 34:20
I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
BSB
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ASV
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the earth.
KJV
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
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Commentary
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָתַתִּ֤י | ve.na.ta.Ti | and I will give | H5414 → |
| אוֹתָם֙ | 'o.Tam | <obj.> them | H853 → |
| בְּיַ֣ד | be.Yad | in [the] hand of | H3027 → |
| אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם | 'o.ye.vei.Hem | enemies their | H341 → |
| וּבְיַ֖ד | u.ve.Yad | and in [the] hand of | H3027 → |
| מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י | me.vak.Shei | [those who] seek | H1245 → |
| נַפְשָׁ֑ם | naf.Sham | life their | H5315 → |
| וְהָיְתָ֤ה | ve.ha.ye.Tah | and it will become | H1961 → |
| נִבְלָתָם֙ | niv.la.Tam | corpse their | H5038 → |
| לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל | le.ma.'a.Khal | <into> food | H3978 → |
| לְע֥וֹף | le.'of | for [the] bird[s] of | H5775 → |
| הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם | ha.sha.Ma.yim | the heavens | H8064 → |
| וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת | u.le.ve.he.Mat | and for [the] animal[s] of | H929 → |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | ha.'A.retz | the earth | H776 → |
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