Jeremiah 5:14
Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
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ASV
Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
KJV
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֗ן | la.Khen | <to> therefore | H3651 → |
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → |
| אָמַ֤ר | 'a.Mar | he says | H559 → |
| יְהוָה֙ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | 'e.lo.Hei | [the] God of | H430 → |
| צְבָא֔וֹת | tze.va.'ot | hosts | H6635 → |
| יַ֚עַן | Ya.'an | because | H3282 → |
| דַּבֶּרְכֶ֔ם | da.ber.Khem | have spoken you | H1696 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַדָּבָ֖ר | ha.da.Var | the word | H1697 → |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | ha.Zeh | <the> this | H2088 → |
| הִנְנִ֣י | hi.Ni | here I | H2005 → |
| נֹתֵן֩ | no.Ten | [am] about to make | H5414 → |
| דְּבָרַ֨י | de.va.Rai | words my | H1697 → |
| בְּפִ֜יךָ | be.Fi.kha | in mouth your | H6310 → |
| לְאֵ֗שׁ | le.'Esh | into a fire | H784 → |
| וְהָעָ֥ם | ve.ha.'Am | and the people | H5971 → |
| הַזֶּ֛ה | ha.Zeh | <the> this | H2088 → |
| עֵצִ֖ים | 'e.Tzim | wood<s> | H6086 → |
| וַאֲכָלָֽתַם׃ | va.'a.kha.La.tam | and it will consume them | H398 → |
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