Jeremiah 5:19
And it hath come to pass, when ye say, 'For what hath Jehovah our God done to us all these?' That thou hast said unto them, 'As ye have forsaken Me, And serve the gods of a foreigner in your land, So do ye serve strangers in a land not yours.This verse in the real world
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- תַּחַתtachaththe bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix undern
- מָהmâhproperly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (in
- נֵכָרnêkârforeign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
- זוּרzûwrto turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specific
- עָזַבʻâzabto loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Ki 9:8–9, Deu 28:47–48, Jer 22:8–9, Jer 16:13, Jer 13:22, Deu 29:24–28, Jer 16:10–11, Deu 4:25–28