Jeremiah 47:2
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Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
In other translations
Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
Hebrew words
כֹּה׀kohthusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068הִנֵּה־hineh-here!H2009מַיִםmayimwatersH4325עֹלִים'olim[are] risingH5927מִצָּפוֹןmitzafonfrom [the] northH6828וְהָיוּvehayuand they will becomeH1961לְנַחַלlenachal<into> a torrentH5158שׁוֹטֵףshotefoverflowingH7857וְיִשְׁטְפוּveyishtefuand they may overflowH7857אֶרֶץ'eretza landH776וּמְלוֹאָהּumelo'ahand what fills itH4393עִיר'ira cityH5892וְיֹשְׁבֵיveyosheveiand [those who] dwellH3427בָהּvahin <the> itוְזָעֲקוּveza'akuand they will cry outH2199הָאָדָםha'adam<the> everyoneH120וְהֵילִלveheililand he will wailH3213כֹּלkoleveryH3605יוֹשֵׁבyoshev<the> inhabitant ofH3427הָאָרֶץ׃ha'aretzthe landH776
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Related verses
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- Isaiah 15:8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim.For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
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- Psalm 98:7Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
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- Jeremiah 46:13The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
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