Jeremiah
Jeremiah 3:2
2“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see.
Is there any place where you have not been violated?
You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers,
like a nomad in the desert.
You have defiled the land
with your prostitution and wickedness.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lift up | שְׂאִֽי־ | śə·’î- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| your eyes | עֵינַ֨יִךְ | ‘ê·na·yiḵ | Noun - cdc; second person feminine singular | H5869 eye |
| to | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the barren heights | שְׁפָיִ֜ם | šə·p̄ā·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H8205 bareness, smooth or bare (treeless) height |
| and see | וּרְאִ֗י | ū·rə·’î | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H7200 see |
| Is there any place where | אֵיפֹה֙ | ’ê·p̄ōh | Interrogative | H375 where? |
| you have not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| been violated | שֻׁגַּלְתְּ | šug·galt | Verb - Pual - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H7693 violate, ravish |
| You sat | יָשַׁ֣בְתְּ | yā·šaḇt | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| beside | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the highways | דְּרָכִים֙ | də·rā·ḵîm | Noun - common plural | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| for | לָהֶ֔ם | lā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | |
| like a nomad | כַּעֲרָבִ֖י | ka·‘ă·rā·ḇî | Preposition-k; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6163 steppe-dweller |
| in the desert | בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר | bam·miḏ·bār | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4057 mouth |
| You have defiled | וַתַּחֲנִ֣יפִי | wat·ta·ḥă·nî·p̄î | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular | H2610 polluted, profane |
| the land | אֶ֔רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| with your prostitution | בִּזְנוּתַ֖יִךְ | biz·nū·ṯa·yiḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H2184 fornication |
| and wickedness | וּבְרָעָתֵֽךְ׃ | ū·ḇə·rā·‘ā·ṯêḵ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 16:24–25 · Ezekiel 8:4–6 · Jeremiah 2:20 · Genesis 38:14 · Jeremiah 2:7 · Deuteronomy 12:2 · Jeremiah 3:1
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.