Jeremiah 44:7
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Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
In other translations
Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
Hebrew words
וְעַתָּהve'atahand thereforeH6258כֹּה־koh-thusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵי'elohei[the] God ofH430צְבָאוֹתtzeva'othostsH6635אֱלֹהֵי'elohei[the] God ofH430יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478לָמָהlamah<to> why?H4100אַתֶּם'atem[are] youH859עֹשִׂים'osimdoingH6213רָעָהra'ahharmH7451גְדוֹלָהgedolahgreatH1419אֶל־'el-toH413נַפְשֹׁתֵכֶםnafshotekhemselves yourH5315לְהַכְרִיתlehakhritto cut offH3772לָכֶםlakhemto <the> yourselvesאִישׁ־'ish-manH376וְאִשָּׁהve'ishahand womanH802עוֹלֵלolelchildH5768וְיוֹנֵקveyonekand suckling-childH3243מִתּוֹךְmitokhfrom [the] midst ofH8432יְהוּדָהyehudahJudahH3063לְבִלְתִּיleviltito notH1115הוֹתִירhotirto leaveH3498לָכֶםlakhemfor <the> yourselvesשְׁאֵרִית׃she'erita remnantH7611
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Related verses
- Habakkuk 2:10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.
- Jeremiah 51:22With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
- Ezekiel 33:11Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
- Numbers 16:38The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”
- Judges 21:11And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Jeremiah 9:21For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
- Jeremiah 7:19Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
- Deuteronomy 32:25The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
- Proverbs 15:32He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
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