Jeremiah 13:21
What will you say when God sets over you those you had trained to be your special allies? Are these not the beginnings of the labor pains that will seize you just like a woman in childbirth?This verse in the real world
In what words
- אַלּוּףʼallûwphfamiliar; a friend, also gentle; hence, a bullock (as being tame; applied, although mascul
- חֶבֶלchebela rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritanc
- אָחַזʼâchazto seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
- לָמַדlâmadproperly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
- פָּקַדpâqadto visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care f
- רֹאשׁrôʼshthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâha woman
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.