Jeremiah 2:8
The priest did not say, 'Where is Yahweh?' and the experts in the law did not care about me! The shepherds transgressed against me. The prophets prophesied for Baal and walked after unprofitable things.This verse in the real world
In what words
- פָּשַׁעpâshaʻto break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrel
- תָּפַשׂtâphasto manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figurative
- בַּעַלBaʻalBaal, a Phoenician deity
- נָבָאnâbâʼto prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
- רָעָהrâʻâhto tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); ge
- תּוֹרָהtôwrâha precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
- נָבִיאnâbîyʼa prophet or (generally) inspired man
- הָלַךְhâlakto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.