Jeremiah 20:4
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.Jeremiah 20:4 in the real world
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- מָגוֹרmâgôwra fright (objective or subjective)
- גָּלָהgâlâhto denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being us
- אָהַבʼâhabto have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- בָּבֶלBâbelBabel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
- אֹיֵבʼôyêbhating; an adversary
- חֶרֶבcherebdrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or ot
- נָפַלnâphalto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurat
- נָכָהnâkâhto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 29:21, Jer 25:9, Jer 21:4–10, Jer 39:6–7, Jer 32:27–31, Job 18:11–21, 2Ki 25:7, Deu 28:32–34