Jeremiah 8:6
I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.Jeremiah 8:6 in the real world
In what words
- מְרוּצָהmᵉrûwtsâha race (the act), whether the manner or the progress
- שָׁטַףshâṭaphto gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
- קָשַׁבqâshabto prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
- עַלʻalabove, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in
- נָחַםnâchamproperly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorabl
- סוּסçûwça horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- שׁוּבshûwbto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 14:2, Ezk 18:28, Luk 15:17–19, 2Pe 3:9, Isa 30:18, Jer 5:1, Mic 7:2, Job 39:19–25