Jeremiah 17:4
And thou hast let go — even through thyself, Of thine inheritance that I gave to thee, And I have caused thee to serve thine enemies, In a land that thou hast not known, For a fire ye have kindled in Mine anger, Unto the age it doth burn.This verse in the real world
In what words
- קָדַחqâdachto inflame
- יָקַדyâqadto burn
- שָׁמַטshâmaṭto fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
- עַדʻadas far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until)
- נַחֲלָהnachălâhproperly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; g
- אֹיֵבʼôyêbhating; an adversary
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- אַףʼaphproperly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 15:14, Lam 5:2, Mrk 9:43–49, Jer 7:20, Isa 5:25, Isa 14:3, Jer 27:12–13, Deu 4:26–27