Jeremiah
Jeremiah 13:22
22And if you ask yourself,
“Why has this happened to me?”
It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity
that your skirts have been stripped off
and your body has been exposed.b
Footnotes
- b 13:22 Literally and your heels have suffered violence
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And if | וְכִ֤י | wə·ḵî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you ask | תֹאמְרִי֙ | ṯō·mə·rî | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular | H559 utter, say |
| yourself | בִּלְבָבֵ֔ךְ | bil·ḇā·ḇêḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| Why | מַדּ֖וּעַ | mad·dū·a‘ | Interrogative | H4069 wherefore? |
| has this | אֵ֑לֶּה | ’êl·leh | Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| happened to me | קְרָאֻ֣נִי | qə·rā·’u·nî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular | H7122 encounter, befall |
| It is because of the magnitude | בְּרֹ֧ב | bə·rōḇ | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H7230 multitude, abundance, greatness |
| of your iniquity | עֲוֺנֵ֛ךְ | ‘ă·wō·nêḵ | Noun - common singular construct; second person feminine singular | H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity |
| that your skirts | שׁוּלַ֖יִךְ | šū·la·yiḵ | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H7757 skirt |
| have been stripped off | נִגְל֥וּ | niḡ·lū | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural | H1540 uncover, remove |
| your body | עֲקֵבָֽיִךְ׃ | ‘ă·qê·ḇā·yiḵ | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H6119 heel, footprint, hinderpart |
| has been exposed | נֶחְמְס֥וּ | neḥ·mə·sū | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural | H2554 treat violently, wrong |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Nahum 3:5 · Jeremiah 16:10–11 · Jeremiah 5:19 · Deuteronomy 7:17 · Jeremiah 13:26 · Lamentations 1:8 · Hosea 2:10 · Jeremiah 9:2–9 · Ezekiel 16:37–39 · Jeremiah 2:17–19 · Isaiah 3:17
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.