Jeremiah 15:18
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Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
In other translations
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
Hebrew words
לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100הָיָהhayahis itH1961כְאֵבִיkhe'evipain myH3511נֶצַחnetzachperpetuityH5331וּמַכָּתִיumakatiand wound myH4347אֲנוּשָׁה'anushahincurableH605מֵאֲנָהme'anahit has refusedH3985הֵרָפֵאherafe'to be healedH7495הָיוֹhayocertainly <to being>H1961תִהְיֶהtihyehyou areH1961לִיlito <the> meכְּמוֹkemolikeH3644אַכְזָב'akhzava deceitful thingH391מַיִםmayimwatersH4325לֹאlo'[which] notH3808נֶאֱמָנוּ׃ סne'emanuthey are reliableH539
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Jeremiah 30:15Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.
- Job 34:6Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
- Micah 1:9For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
- Jeremiah 30:12For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.
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- Psalm 6:3My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
- Jeremiah 14:19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
- Jeremiah 20:7O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
- Jeremiah 14:3And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
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