Jeremiah 12:3
But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.Jeremiah 12:3 in the real world
Who
In what words
- טִבְחָהṭibchâh{properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butch
- נָתַקnâthaqto tear off
- בָּחַןbâchanto test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
- קָדַשׁqâdashto be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
- צֹאןtsôʼna collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
- לֵבlêbthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the in
- יָדַעyâdaʻto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figurativel
- רָאָהrâʼâhto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitiv
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Ki 20:3, Jer 17:18, Psa 17:3, Psa 139:1–4, Jas 5:5, Psa 139:23, Psa 44:21–22, Jer 50:27