Jeremiah 9:12
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Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
In other translations
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
Hebrew words
מִי־mi-who?H4310הָאִישׁha'ish[is] the personH376הֶחָכָםhechakham<the> wiseH2450וְיָבֵןveyavenand he may understandH995אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853זֹאתzotthisH2063וַאֲשֶׁרva'asherand whomH834דִּבֶּרdiberit has spokenH1696פִּי־pi-[the] mouth ofH6310יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֵלָיו'elavto himH413וְיַגִּדָהּveyagidahso he may declare itH5046עַל־'al-concerningH5921מָהmahwhat?H4100אָבְדָה'avedahhas it been destroyedH6הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776נִצְּתָהnitzetahhas it become desolate?H3341כַמִּדְבָּרkhamidbarlike <the> wildernessH4057מִבְּלִיmibelibecause notH1097עֹבֵר׃ ס'over[one who] passes byH5674
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