Jeremiah 31:37
Thus said Jehovah: If the heavens above be measured, And the foundations of earth below searched, Even I kick against all the seed of Israel, For all that they have done, An affirmation of Jehovah.This verse in the real world
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In what words
- מוֹסָדָהmôwçâdâha foundation
- מַטָּהmaṭṭâhdownward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
- חָקַרchâqarproperly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
- מָדַדmâdadproperly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figurativel
- מָאַסmâʼaçto spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
- מַעַלmaʻalproperly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from
- זֶרַעzeraʻseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 33:24–26, Isa 40:12, Jer 33:22, Rom 11:1–5, Rom 11:26–29, Jer 46:28, Job 11:7–9, Psa 89:2