Jeremiah
Jeremiah 13:27
27Your adulteries and lustful neighings,
your shameless prostitution
on the hills and in the fields —
I have seen your detestable acts.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
How long will you remain unclean?”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your adulteries | נִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְ | ni·’u·p̄a·yiḵ | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H5004 adultery |
| and lustful neighings | וּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ | ū·miṣ·hă·lō·w·ṯa·yiḵ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H4684 neighing |
| your shameless | זִמַּ֣ת | zim·maṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H2154 plan, device, wickedness |
| prostitution | זְנוּתֵ֔ךְ | zə·nū·ṯêḵ | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H2184 fornication |
| on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the hills | גְּבָעוֹת֙ | gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H1389 hill |
| in the fields | בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה | baś·śā·ḏeh | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7704 id. |
| I have seen | רָאִ֖יתִי | rā·’î·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H7200 see |
| your detestable acts | שִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְ | šiq·qū·ṣā·yiḵ | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H8251 detested thing |
| Woe | א֥וֹי | ’ō·w | Interjection | H188 woe! |
| to you | לָךְ֙ | lāḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | |
| O Jerusalem | יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | yə·rū·šā·lim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3389 Jerusalem |
| How long | אַחֲרֵ֥י | ’a·ḥă·rê | Preposition | H310 behind |
| will you remain | תִטְהֲרִ֔י | ṯiṭ·hă·rî | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular | H2891 be clean, pure |
| unclean | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Hosea 8:5 · Ezekiel 24:13 · Ezekiel 6:13 · Isaiah 65:7 · Hosea 4:2 · 2 Corinthians 7:1 · Ezekiel 36:37 · Jeremiah 5:7–8 · Jeremiah 2:20–24 · 2 Corinthians 12:21 · James 4:4 · Proverbs 1:22
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.