Jeremiah 14:18
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If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
In other translations
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
Hebrew words
אִם־'im-ifH518יָצָאתִיyatzatiI went outH3318הַשָּׂדֶהhasadehthe fieldH7704וְהִנֵּהvehinehand there!H2009חַלְלֵי־chalei-[those] slain ofH2491חֶרֶבchereva swordH2719וְאִםve'imand ifH518בָּאתִיbatiI wentH935הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892וְהִנֵּהvehinehand there!H2009תַּחֲלוּאֵיtachalu'eidiseases ofH8463רָעָבra'avfamineH7458כִּי־ki-forH3588גַם־gam-bothH1571נָבִיאnavi'prophetH5030גַם־gam-as well asH1571כֹּהֵןkohenpriestH3548סָחֲרוּsacharuthey have gone aboutH5503אֶל־'el-toH413אֶרֶץ'eretza landH776וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יָדָעוּ׃ סyada'uthey knowH3045
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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