Jeremiah 19:9
And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his friend they do eat, in the siege and in the straitness with which straiten them do their enemies, and those seeking their life.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מָצוֹקmâtsôwqa narrow place, i.e. (abstractly and figuratively) confinement or disability
- מָצוֹרmâtsôwrsomething hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (fi
- רֵעַrêaʻan associate (more or less close)
- בָּקַשׁbâqashto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to striv
- בָּשָׂרbâsârflesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pude
- אֹיֵבʼôyêbhating; an adversary
- בַּתbatha daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figu
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 9:20, Lam 4:10, Lev 26:29, Deu 28:53–57, Ezk 5:10, 2Ki 6:26–29, Lam 2:20