Jeremiah

Jeremiah 18:15–16

15Yet My people have forgotten Me.

They burn incense to worthless idols

that make them stumble in their ways,

leaving the ancient roads

to walk on rutted bypaths

instead of on the highway.

16They have made their land a desolation,

a perpetual object of scorn;

all who pass by will be appalled

and shake their heads.

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Jeremiah 18:15

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Yetכִּֽי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
My peopleעַמִּ֖י‘am·mîNoun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH5971 people
have forgotten Meשְׁכֵחֻ֥נִיšə·ḵê·ḥu·nîVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singularH7911 forget
They burn incenseיְקַטֵּ֑רוּyə·qaṭ·ṭê·rūVerb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralH6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
to worthless idolsלַשָּׁ֣וְאlaš·šāwPreposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singularH7723 emptiness, vanity
that make them stumbleוַיַּכְשִׁל֤וּםway·yaḵ·ši·lūmConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine pluralH3782 stumble, stagger, totter
in their waysבְּדַרְכֵיהֶם֙bə·ḏar·ḵê·hemPreposition-b; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine pluralH1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
the ancientעוֹלָ֔ם‘ō·w·lāmNoun - masculine singularH5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
roadsשְׁבִילֵ֣יšə·ḇî·lêNoun - masculine plural constructH7635 way, path
to walkלָלֶ֣כֶתlā·le·ḵeṯPreposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH1980 go, come, walk
on ruttedנְתִיב֔וֹתnə·ṯî·ḇō·wṯNoun - feminine plural constructH5410 path, pathway
bypathsדֶּ֖רֶךְde·reḵNoun - common singularH1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
instead ofלֹ֥אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
on the highwayסְלוּלָֽה׃sə·lū·lāhVerb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singularH5549 lift up, cast up

Jeremiah 18:16

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
They have madeלָשׂ֥וּםlā·śūmPreposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH7760 put, place, set
their landאַרְצָ֛ם’ar·ṣāmNoun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine pluralH776 earth, land
a desolationלְשַׁמָּ֖הlə·šam·māhPreposition-l; Noun - feminine singularH8047 waste, appalment
a perpetualעוֹלָ֑ם‘ō·w·lāmNoun - masculine singularH5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
object of scornשְׁרוּקַתšə·rū·qaṯNoun - feminine plural constructH8322 hissing
allכֹּ֚לkōlNoun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
who passעוֹבֵ֣ר‘ō·w·ḇêrVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
byעָלֶ֔יהָ‘ā·le·hāPreposition; third person feminine singularH5921 height
will be appalledיִשֹּׁ֖םyiš·šōmVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH8074 be desoleted, appalled
and shakeוְיָנִ֥ידwə·yā·nîḏConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singularH5110 move to and fro, wander, flutter, shew grief
their headsבְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃bə·rō·šōwPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH7218 head

Cross-references

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Jeremiah 18:15 Jeremiah 6:16 · Jeremiah 2:32 · Isaiah 57:14 · Hosea 11:2 · Jeremiah 2:13 · Malachi 2:8 · Jeremiah 17:13 · Jeremiah 10:15 · Isaiah 41:29 · Jeremiah 3:21 · Jeremiah 16:19 · Hosea 2:13

Jeremiah 18:16 Psalm 22:7 · Jeremiah 25:9 · Jeremiah 19:8 · Ezekiel 33:28–29 · Matthew 27:39 · Jeremiah 49:13 · Micah 6:16 · Jeremiah 50:13 · 1 Kings 9:8 · Isaiah 37:22 · Lamentations 2:15–16 · 2 Chronicles 7:20–21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.