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Jeremiah 5:17

They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”

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ASV

And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.

KJV

And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאָכַ֨לve.'a.Khaland it will devourH398 →
קְצִֽירְךָ֜ke.tzi.re.Chaharvest yourH7105 →
וְלַחְמֶ֗ךָve.lach.Me.khaand food yourH3899 →
יֹאכְלוּ֙yo.khe.Luthey will devourH398 →
בָּנֶ֣יךָba.Nei.khasons yourH1121 →
וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יךָu.ve.no.Tei.khaand daughters yourH1323 →
יֹאכַ֤לyo.Khalit will devourH398 →
צֹאנְךָ֙tzo.ne.Khaflock[s] yourH6629 →
וּבְקָרֶ֔ךָu.ve.ka.Re.chaand herd[s] yourH1241 →
יֹאכַ֥לyo.Khalit will devourH398 →
גַּפְנְךָ֖gaf.ne.Khavine[s] yourH1612 →
וּתְאֵנָתֶ֑ךָu.te.'e.na.Te.khaand fig tree[s] yourH8384 →
יְרֹשֵׁ֞שׁye.ro.Sheshit will shatterH7567 →
עָרֵ֣י'a.Rei[the] cities ofH5892 →
מִבְצָרֶ֗יךָmiv.tza.Rei.khafortifications yourH4013 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אַתָּ֛ה'a.TahyouH859 →
בּוֹטֵ֥חַbo.Te.ach[are] trustingH982 →
בָּהֵ֖נָּהba.He.nahin them
בֶּחָֽרֶב׃be.Cha.revwith the swordH2719 →

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Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,Isaiah 62:8The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.Judges 6:6Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.Leviticus 26:16then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.Deuteronomy 28:33A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.Hosea 8:14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.Deuteronomy 8:8a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;Judges 6:3–4Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,Habakkuk 3:17–18Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,Jeremiah 1:15For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.Isaiah 62:9For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”Ezekiel 36:4therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.Deuteronomy 28:30–31You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.Isaiah 65:22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.Jeremiah 4:26I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.Zephaniah 3:6“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.Jeremiah 8:16The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.

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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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