Jeremiah 4:29
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The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.
In other translations
The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.
Hebrew words
מִקּוֹלmikolfrom [the] sound ofH6963פָּרָשׁparasha horsemanH6571וְרֹמֵהveromehand a shooter ofH7411קֶשֶׁתkesheta bowH7198בֹּרַחַתborachat[is] fleeingH1272כָּל־kol-everyH3605הָעִירha'ir<the> cityH5892בָּאוּba'upeople will goH935בֶּעָבִיםbe'avimin the thicketsH5645וּבַכֵּפִיםuvakefimand on the rocksH3710עָלוּ'alupeople will go upH5927כָּל־kol-everyH3605הָעִירha'ir<the> cityH5892עֲזוּבָה'azuvah[is] abandonedH5800וְאֵין־ve'ein-and there notH369יוֹשֵׁבyoshev[is] dwellingH3427בָּהֵןbahenin <the> themאִישׁ׃'ishanyoneH376
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