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Jeremiah 37:10

Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”

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ASV

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

KJV

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkithatH3588 →
אִם־'im-exceptH518 →
הִכִּיתֶ֞םhi.ki.Temyou struck downH5221 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
חֵ֤ילcheil[the] army ofH2428 →
כַּשְׂדִּים֙kas.Dim[the] ChaldeansH3778 →
הַנִּלְחָמִ֣יםha.nil.cha.Mimwho are fightingH3898 →
אִתְּכֶ֔ם'i.te.Khemwith youH854 →
וְנִ֨שְׁאֲרוּve.Nish.'a.ruand they survivedH7604 →
בָ֔םVamamong <the> them
אֲנָשִׁ֖ים'a.na.ShimmenH582 →
מְדֻקָּרִ֑יםme.du.ka.Rimpierced throughH1856 →
אִ֤ישׁ'isheveryoneH376 →
בְּאָהֳלוֹ֙be.'o.ho.Loin tent hisH168 →
יָק֔וּמוּya.Ku.muthey will ariseH6965 →
וְשָֽׂרְפ֛וּve.sa.re.Fuand they will burnH8313 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָעִ֥ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
הַזֹּ֖אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'Eshwith <the> fireH784 →

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Jeremiah 50:45Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.Leviticus 26:36–38As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.Isaiah 30:17A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.Joel 2:11The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?2 Samuel 5:6Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”2 Kings 25:9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.Isaiah 13:15Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.Jeremiah 21:4–7this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.Jeremiah 37:8Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.Jeremiah 49:20Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.Jeremiah 51:4And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.Isaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.Isaiah 10:4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.Ezekiel 17:9So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.Ezekiel 24:11Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.Isaiah 37:27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.Judges 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.

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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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