JEREMIAH 15:8

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.”

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Jeremiah 15:8 Translation & Meaning

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Their widows אַלְמְנוֹתָו֙ A widow; also a desolate place widows
are increased עָֽצְמוּ To bind fast, i.e., close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones are increased
to me above the sand מֵח֣וֹל Sand (as round or whirling particles) above sand
of the seas: יַמִּ֔ים A sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south seas
I have brought הֵבֵ֨אתִי To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) brought
upon them against עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon against
the mother אֵ֛ם A mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]) mother
of the young men בָּח֖וּר Properly, selected, i.e., a youth (often collective) young men
a spoiler שֹׁדֵ֣ד Properly, to be burly, i.e., (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage spoiler
at noonday: בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם A light (i.e., window); dual double light, i.e., noon noonday
I have caused to fall הִפַּ֤לְתִּי To fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative) caused fall
him (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
upon עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
it suddenly, פִּתְאֹ֔ם Instantly suddenly
and terrors וּבֶהָלֽוֹת׃ Panic, destruction terrors
upon the city. עִ֖יר A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) upon city

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  • 6  Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

  • 7  And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.

  • 8  Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

  • 9  She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.

  • 10  Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.




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