Jeremiah

Jeremiah 19:9

⁹I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will make them eat	וְהַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞ים	wə·ha·’ă·ḵal·tîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H398 eat
the flesh	בְּשַׂ֣ר	bə·śar	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1320 flesh
of their sons	בְּנֵיהֶ֗ם	bə·nê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1121 son
and	וְאֵת֙	wə·’êṯ	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
daughters	בְּנֹתֵיהֶ֔ם	bə·nō·ṯê·hem	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1323 daughter
and they will eat	יֹאכֵ֑לוּ	yō·ḵê·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H398 eat
one	וְאִ֥ישׁ	wə·’îš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
another’s	רֵעֵ֖הוּ	rê·‘ê·hū	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7453 shouting, roar
flesh	בְּשַׂר־	bə·śar-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1320 flesh
in the siege	בְּמָצוֹר֙	bə·mā·ṣō·wr	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H4692 siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment
and distress	וּבְמָצ֔וֹק	ū·ḇə·mā·ṣō·wq	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H4689 straitness, straits, stress
inflicted	יָצִ֧יקוּ	yā·ṣî·qū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6693 constrain, bring into straits, press upon
on them	לָהֶ֛ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
by their enemies	אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם	’ō·yə·ḇê·hem	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H341 be hostile to
who seek	וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥י	ū·mə·ḇaq·šê	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct	H1245 seek
their lives	נַפְשָֽׁם׃	nap̄·šām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion

Cross-references

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Isaiah 9:20 · Lamentations 4:10 · Leviticus 26:29 · Ezekiel 5:10 · Deuteronomy 28:53–57 · 2 Kings 6:26–29 · Lamentations 2:20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.