Jeremiah 13:16
Give honor to Yahweh your God before he brings darkness, and before he causes your feet to stumble on the mountains at twilight. For you are hoping for light, but he will turn the place into a deep darkness, into a dark cloud.This verse in the real world
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- נֶשֶׁףneshephproperly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
- צַלְמָוֶתtsalmâvethshade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)
- חָשַׁךְchâshakto be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken
- קָוָהqâvâhto bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
- נָגַףnâgaphto push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
- שִׁיתshîythto place (in a very wide application)
- אוֹרʼôwrillumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
- כָּבוֹדkâbôwdproperly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.