KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.”
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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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| “So” | כֵּ֣ן | Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) | So |
| “again” | שַׁ֤בְתִּי | To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again | again |
| “have I thought” | זָמַ֙מְתִּי֙ | To plan, usually in a bad sense | thought |
| “in these” | הָאֵ֔לֶּה | These or those | these |
| “days” | בַּיָּמִ֣ים | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | days |
| “to do well” | לְהֵיטִ֥יב | To be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right) | do well |
| “unto” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | unto |
| “Jerusalem” | יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם | Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine | Jerusalem |
| “and to the house” | בֵּ֣ית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
| “of Judah:” | יְהוּדָ֑ה | Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory | Judah |
| “fear” | תִּירָֽאוּ׃ | To fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten | fear |
| “ye not.” | תִּירָֽאוּ׃ | To fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten | not |
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13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not:
15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.
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