Jeremiah 5:6
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.Jeremiah 5:6 in the real world
In what words
- נָמֵרnâmêra leopard (from its stripes)
- זְאֵבzᵉʼêba wolf
- שָׁקַדshâqadto be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
- מְשׁוּבָהmᵉshûwbâhapostasy
- רָבַבrâbabproperly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myria
- הֵנָּהhênnâhthemselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)
- טָרַףṭâraphto pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
- שָׁדַדshâdadproperly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implicati
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Hab 1:8, Jer 4:7, Ezk 22:27, Zep 3:3, Amo 5:18–19, Psa 104:20, Num 32:14, Jer 2:15