Jeremiah
Jeremiah 3:25
25Let us lie down in our shame;
let our disgrace cover us.
We have sinned against the LORD our God,
both we and our fathers;
from our youth even to this day
we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Let us lie down | נִשְׁכְּבָ֣ה | niš·kə·ḇāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H7901 lie down |
| in our shame | בְּבָשְׁתֵּ֗נוּ | bə·ḇā·šə·tê·nū | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common plural | H1322 shame |
| let our disgrace | כְּלִמָּתֵנוּ֒ | kə·lim·mā·ṯê·nū | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common plural | H3639 insult, reproach, ignominy |
| cover us | וּֽתְכַסֵּנוּ֮ | ū·ṯə·ḵas·sê·nū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular; first person common plural | H3680 cover |
| We have sinned | חָטָ֗אנוּ | ḥā·ṭā·nū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | H2398 miss |
| against the LORD | לַיהוָ֨ה | Yah·weh | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| our God | אֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ | ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H430 God |
| both we | אֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ | ’ă·naḥ·nū | Pronoun - first person common plural | H587 we |
| and our fathers | וַאֲבוֹתֵ֔ינוּ | wa·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H1 father |
| from our youth | מִנְּעוּרֵ֖ינוּ | min·nə·‘ū·rê·nū | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H5271 youth, juvenility, young |
| even to | וְעַד־ | wə·‘aḏ- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| this | הַזֶּ֑ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| day | הַיּ֣וֹם | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| we have not | וְלֹ֣א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| obeyed | שָׁמַ֔עְנוּ | šā·ma‘·nū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | H8085 hear |
| the voice | בְּק֖וֹל | bə·qō·wl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6963 sound, voice |
| of the LORD | יְהֹוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| our God | אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ס | ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H430 God |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 22:21 · Lamentations 5:16 · Proverbs 5:13 · Jeremiah 2:26 · Ezekiel 7:18 · Romans 6:21 · Psalm 109:29 · Lamentations 5:7 · Psalm 106:7 · Daniel 9:6–10 · Jeremiah 2:17 · Nehemiah 9:32–34
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.