Jeremiah
Jeremiah 18:13
13Therefore this is what the LORD says:
“Inquire among the nations:
Who has ever heard things like these?
Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therefore | לָכֵ֗ן | lā·ḵên | Adverb | H3651 right, veritable, honest |
| this is what | כֹּ֚ה | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Inquire | שַֽׁאֲלוּ־ | ša·’ă·lū- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H7592 ask, inquire |
| among the nations | בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם | bag·gō·w·yim | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| Who | מִ֥י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| has ever heard | שָׁמַ֖ע | šā·ma‘ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H8085 hear |
| things like these | כָּאֵ֑לֶּה | kā·’êl·leh | Preposition-k; Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| Virgin | בְּתוּלַ֖ת | bə·ṯū·laṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H1330 virgin |
| Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| has done | עָשְׂתָ֣ה | ‘ā·śə·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H6213 do, make |
| a most | מְאֹ֔ד | mə·’ōḏ | Adverb | H3966 muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly |
| terrible thing | שַֽׁעֲרֻרִת֙ | ša·‘ă·ru·riṯ | Adjective - feminine singular | H8186 horror = horrible thing |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 5:30 · Isaiah 66:8 · Hosea 6:10 · Jeremiah 23:14 · Jeremiah 2:10–13 · Jeremiah 14:17 · Jeremiah 31:4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.