Jeremiah 6:26

Bible › Jeremiah › Chapter 6 › Verse 26

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

In other translations

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

Hebrew words

בַּת־bat-O daughter ofH1323עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971חִגְרִי־chigri-gird yourselfH2296שָׂקsaksackclothH8242וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁיvehitpaleshiand rollH6428בָאֵפֶרva'eferin <the> ash[es]H665אֵבֶל'evel[the] mourning ofH60יָחִידyachidan only [child]H3173עֲשִׂי'asiobserveH6213לָךְlakhfor <the> yourselfמִסְפַּדmispadwailing ofH4553תַּמְרוּרִיםtamrurimbitterness<es>H8563כִּיkiforH3588פִתְאֹםfit'omsuddenlyH6597יָבֹאyavo'it will comeH935הַשֹּׁדֵדhashodedthe destroyerH7703עָלֵינוּ׃'aleinuon usH5921

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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