Jeremiah 47:2
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.Jeremiah 47:2 in the real world
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- שָׁטַףshâṭaphto gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
- מְלֹאmᵉlôʼfulness (literally or figuratively)
- זָעַקzâʻaqto shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publi
- נַחַלnachala stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a broo
- צָפוֹןtsâphôwnproperly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- אָדָםʼâdâmruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- עָלָהʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 1:14, Jer 46:20, Isa 15:2–5, Isa 8:7–8, Jer 8:16, Rev 12:15–16, Jer 46:13, 1Co 10:26