Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.Jeremiah 18:21 in the real world
In what words
- שַׁכּוּלshakkûwlbereaved
- נָגַרnâgarto flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to
- בָּחוּרbâchûwrproperly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective)
- אַלְמָנָהʼalmânâha widow; also a desolate place
- רָעָבrâʻâbhunger (more or less extensive)
- מָוֶתmâvethdeath (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figurative
- הָרַגhâragto smite with deadly intent
- חֶרֶבcherebdrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or ot
+6 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 109:9–20, Exo 22:24, Jer 9:21, Jer 15:8, Amo 4:10, Lam 5:3, Deu 32:25, Jer 16:3–4