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Jeremiah 46:21

Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.

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ASV

Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand: for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.

KJV

Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
שְׂכִרֶ֤יהָse.khi.Rei.hahired soldiers itsH7916 →
בְקִרְבָּהּ֙ve.kir.Bahin midst itsH7130 →
כְּעֶגְלֵ֣יke.'eg.Lei[are] like calves ofH5695 →
מַרְבֵּ֔קmar.Bek[the] stallH4770 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
גַם־gam-alsoH1571 →
הֵ֧מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992 →
הִפְנ֛וּhif.Nuthey will turnH6437 →
נָ֥סוּNa.suthey will fleeH5127 →
יַחְדָּ֖יוyach.DavtogetherH3162 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
עָמָ֑דוּ'a.Ma.duthey will stand their groundH5975 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
י֥וֹםYom[the] day ofH3117 →
אֵידָ֛ם'ei.Damdisaster theirH343 →
בָּ֥אba'it will comeH935 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921 →
עֵ֥ת'et[the] time ofH6256 →
פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃pe.ku.da.Tampunishment theirH6486 →

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Obadiah 1:13You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”Jeremiah 46:5Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 49:8Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.Amos 6:4You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.Isaiah 34:7And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.Micah 7:4The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.2 Samuel 10:6When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.Psalms 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.Jeremiah 48:44“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?Jeremiah 46:9Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.Ezekiel 35:5Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,Proverbs 15:17Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.Jeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,

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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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