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Jeremiah 4:9

“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”

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And it shall come to pass at that day, saith Jehovah, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

KJV

And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָ֤הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
בַיּוֹם־vai.yom-on the dayH3117 →
הַהוּא֙ha.Hu'<the> thatH1931 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
יֹאבַ֥דyo.Vadit will perishH6 →
לֵב־lev-[the] heart ofH3820 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
וְלֵ֣בve.Levand [the] heart ofH3820 →
הַשָּׂרִ֑יםha.sa.Rimthe officialsH8269 →
וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ve.na.Sha.muand they will be appalledH8074 →
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548 →
וְהַנְּבִיאִ֖יםve.ha.ne.vi.'Imand the prophetsH5030 →
יִתְמָֽהוּ׃yit.Ma.huthey will be astoundedH8539 →

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Isaiah 29:9–10Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.Ezekiel 13:9–16My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.Isaiah 22:3–5All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.Deuteronomy 28:28The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,Jeremiah 39:4–5When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.1 Samuel 25:37–38In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him and he became like a stone.Jeremiah 52:7Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,2 Kings 25:4Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,Isaiah 19:3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.Isaiah 21:3–4Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.Acts 13:41‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”Jeremiah 37:19Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?Psalms 102:4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.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 19:16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.Isaiah 19:11–12The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?Jeremiah 6:13–14“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

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