KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Jeremiah 6:26 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “O daughter” | בַּת | A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) | O daughter |
| “of my people,” | עַמִּ֤י | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “gird” | חִגְרִי | To gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.) | gird |
| “thee” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “with sackcloth,” | שָׂק֙ | Properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e., coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.) | sackcloth |
| “and wallow thyself” | וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁ֣י | To roll (in dust) | wallow thyself |
| “in ashes:” | בָאֵ֔פֶר | Ashes | ashes |
| “make” | עֲשִׂ֣י | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | make |
| “thee mourning,” | אֵ֤בֶל | Lamentation | mourning |
| “as for” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “an only son,” | יָחִיד֙ | Properly, united, i.e., sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced) | only son |
| “most bitter” | תַּמְרוּרִ֑ים | Bitterness (plural as collective) | most bitter |
| “lamentation:” | מִסְפַּ֖ד | A lamentation | lamentation |
| “for” | כִּ֣י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | for |
| “the spoiler” | הַשֹּׁדֵ֖ד | Properly, to be burly, i.e., (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage | spoiler |
| “shall suddenly” | פִתְאֹ֔ם | Instantly | suddenly |
| “come” | יָבֹ֥א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | come |
| “upon” | עָלֵֽינוּ׃ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “us.” | עָלֵֽינוּ׃ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | us |
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24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
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