Jeremiah 2:28
Yet where are the gods that you made for yourselves? Let them arise if they wish to save you in your time of troubles, for your idols equal your cities in number, Judah!This verse 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.