Jeremiah 2:31
You who belong to this generation! Pay attention to my word, the word of Yahweh! Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of deep darkness? Why would my people say, 'Let us wander around, we will not go to you anymore'?This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- מַאְפֵלְיָהmaʼphêlᵉyâhopaqueness
- רוּדrûwdto tramp about, i.e. ramble (free or disconsolate)
- דּוֹרdôwrproperly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
- מִדְבָּרmidbâra pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also spe
- רָאָהrâʼâhto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitiv
- דָּבָרdâbâra word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- עַםʻama people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (colle
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Deu 32:15, 2Sa 12:7–9, Amo 1:1, Psa 10:4, Mal 3:9–11, Neh 9:21–25, Mic 6:9, Rev 3:15–17