Jeremiah 2:28
But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.Jeremiah 2:28 in the real world
In what words
- מִסְפָּרmiçpâra number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (
- יָשַׁעyâshaʻproperly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free
- עֵתʻêthtime, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- קוּםqûwmto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.