Jeremiah 5:17
Bible › Jeremiah › Chapter 5 › Verse 17
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”
In other translations
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”
Hebrew words
וְאָכַלve'akhaland it will devourH398קְצִירְךָketzirechaharvest yourH7105וְלַחְמֶךָvelachmekhaand food yourH3899יֹאכְלוּyokheluthey will devourH398בָּנֶיךָbaneikhasons yourH1121וּבְנוֹתֶיךָuvenoteikhaand daughters yourH1323יֹאכַלyokhalit will devourH398צֹאנְךָtzonekhaflock[s] yourH6629וּבְקָרֶךָuvekarechaand herd[s] yourH1241יֹאכַלyokhalit will devourH398גַּפְנְךָgafnekhavine[s] yourH1612וּתְאֵנָתֶךָute'enatekhaand fig tree[s] yourH8384יְרֹשֵׁשׁyerosheshit will shatterH7567עָרֵי'arei[the] cities ofH5892מִבְצָרֶיךָmivtzareikhafortifications yourH4013אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834אַתָּה'atahyouH859בּוֹטֵחַboteach[are] trustingH982בָּהֵנָּהbahenahin themבֶּחָרֶב׃becharevwith the swordH2719
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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