Jeremiah 44:18
'And from the time we have ceased to make perfume to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out to her libations, we have lacked all, and by sword and by famine we have been consumed,This verse in the real world
In what words
- מְלֶכֶתmᵉleketha queen
- חָסֵרchâçêrto lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
- נָסַךְnâçakto pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint aking
- נֶסֶךְneçeka libation; also a cast idol
- תָּמַםtâmamto complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
- חָדַלchâdalproperly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
- קָטַרqâṭarto smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
- חֶרֶבcherebdrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or ot
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mal 3:13–15, Num 11:5–6, Job 21:14–15, Jer 40:12, Psa 73:9–15