Jeremiah

Jeremiah 2:25

²⁵You should have kept your feet from going bare

and your throat from being thirsty.

But you said, ‘It is hopeless!

For I love foreign gods,

and I must go after them.’

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You should have kept	מִנְעִ֤י	min·‘î	Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular	H4513 withhold, hold back
your feet	רַגְלֵךְ֙	raḡ·lêḵ	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H7272 foot
from going bare	מִיָּחֵ֔ף	mî·yā·ḥêp̄	Preposition-m; Adjective - masculine singular	H3182 barefoot
and your throat	וְגוֹרְנֵךְ	wə·ḡō·rə·nēḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H1637 threshing-floor
from being thirsty	מִצִּמְאָ֑ה	miṣ·ṣim·’āh	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H6773 parched condition
But you said	וַתֹּאמְרִ֣י	wat·tō·mə·rî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
It is hopeless	נוֹאָ֔שׁ	nō·w·’āš	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H2976 despair
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I love	אָהַ֥בְתִּי	’ā·haḇ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H157 love
foreign	זָרִ֖ים	zā·rîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2114 be a stranger
and I must go after	וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֥ם	wə·’a·ḥă·rê·hem	Conjunctive waw; Preposition; third person masculine plural	H310 behind
them	אֵלֵֽךְ׃	’ê·lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.