Jeremiah 47:2
“Yahweh says this: See, floods of water are rising in the north. They will be like an overflowing river! Then they will overflow the land and everything in it, its cities and its inhabitants! So everyone will shout for help, and all the inhabitants of the land will lament.This verse in the real world
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- שָׁטַףshâṭaphto gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
- מְלֹאmᵉlôʼfulness (literally or figuratively)
- זָעַקzâʻaqto shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publi
- נַחַלnachala stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a broo
- צָפוֹןtsâphôwnproperly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- אָדָםʼâdâmruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- עָלָהʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 1:14, Jer 46:20, Isa 15:2–5, Isa 8:7–8, Jer 8:16, Rev 12:15–16, Jer 46:13, 1Co 10:26