Jeremiah 8:14
Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.This verse in the real world
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- רֹאשׁrôʼsha poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even
- דָּמַםdâmamto be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
- מִבְצָרmibtsâra fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
- שָׁקָהshâqâhto quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to
- אָסַףʼâçaphto gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behin
- חָטָאchâṭâʼproperly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, la
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.