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Jeremiah 6:25

Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

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ASV

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side.

KJV

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תֵּֽצְאוּ֙te.tze.'iyou go outH3318 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֔הha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704 →
וּבַדֶּ֖רֶךְu.va.De.rekhand on the roadH1870 →
אַל־'al-mau notH408 →
תֵּלֵ֑כוּte.le.khiyou walkH1980 →
כִּ֚יkiforH3588 →
חֶ֣רֶבChe.reva swordH2719 →
לְאֹיֵ֔בle.'o.Yev[belongs] to [the] enemyH341 →
מָג֖וֹרma.GorterrorH4032 →
מִסָּבִֽיב׃mi.sa.Viv[is] from round aboutH5439 →

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Lamentations 2:22You summoned my attackers on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.Jeremiah 49:29They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’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 14:18If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”Psalms 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”Jeremiah 20:3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.Jeremiah 4:10Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”Jeremiah 4:5Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’Isaiah 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.Jeremiah 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.Jeremiah 20:3–4The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.Judges 5:6–7In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.2 Chronicles 15:5In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.Jeremiah 20:4For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.2 Corinthians 7:5For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.

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