Jeremiah
Jeremiah 18:23
23But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me.
Do not wipe out their guilt
or blot out their sin from Your sight.
Let them be overthrown before You;
deal with them in the time of Your anger.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But You | וְאַתָּ֣ה | wə·’at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| O LORD | יְ֠הוָה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| know | יָדַ֜עְתָּ | yā·ḏa‘·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H3045 know |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| their deadly | לַמָּ֔וֶת | lam·mā·weṯ | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4194 death |
| plots | עֲצָתָ֤ם | ‘ă·ṣā·ṯām | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H6098 counsel, advice |
| against me | עָלַי֙ | ‘ā·lay | Preposition; first person common singular | H5921 height |
| Do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| wipe out | תְּכַפֵּר֙ | tə·ḵap·pêr | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H3722 cover over (figurative), pacify, make propitiation |
| their guilt | עֲוֺנָ֔ם | ‘ă·wō·nām | Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine plural | H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity |
| blot out | תֶּ֑מְחִי | tem·ḥî | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H4229 wipe, wipe out |
| their sin | וְחַטָּאתָ֖ם | wə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯām | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H2403 offence, penalty, occasion |
| from Your sight | מִלְּפָנֶ֣יךָ | mil·lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā | Preposition-m, Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular | H6440 face, before |
| Let them be overthrown | מֻכְשָׁלִים֙ | muḵ·šā·lîm | Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine plural | H3782 stumble, stagger, totter |
| before You | לְפָנֶ֔יךָ | lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular | H6440 face, before |
| deal | עֲשֵׂ֥ה | ‘ă·śêh | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| with them | בָהֶֽם׃ס | ḇā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | |
| in the time | בְּעֵ֥ת | bə·‘êṯ | Preposition-b; Noun - common singular construct | H6256 time |
| of Your anger | אַפְּךָ֖ | ’ap·pə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H639 nostril, nose, face, anger |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 69:22–28 · Psalm 35:4 · Nehemiah 4:4–5 · Isaiah 2:9 · Psalm 109:14–15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.