Jeremiah 46:5
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Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
In other translations
Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
Hebrew words
מַדּוּעַmadua'why?H4069רָאִיתִיra'itihave I seenH7200הֵמָּהhemahtheyH1992חַתִּיםchatim[will be] terrifiedH2844נְסֹגִיםnesogim[they will be] turned backH5472אָחוֹר'achorbackwardsH268וְגִבּוֹרֵיהֶםvegiboreihemand warriors theirH1368יֻכַּתּוּyukatuthey will be crushedH3807וּמָנוֹסumanosand flightH4498נָסוּnasuthey will fleeH5127וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808הִפְנוּhifnuthey will turn backH6437מָגוֹרmagorterrorH4032מִסָּבִיבmisaviv[will be] from round aboutH5439נְאֻם־ne'um-[the] utterance ofH5002יְהוָה׃yahwehYahwehH3068
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