Jeremiah
Jeremiah 31:19
19After I returned, I repented;
and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief.
I was ashamed and humiliated
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After | אַחֲרֵ֤י | ’a·ḥă·rê | Preposition | H310 behind |
| I returned | שׁוּבִי֙ | šū·ḇî | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| I repented | נִחַ֔מְתִּי | ni·ḥam·tî | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular | H5162 be sorry, console |
| and after | וְאַֽחֲרֵי֙ | wə·’a·ḥă·rê | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H310 behind |
| I was instructed | הִוָּ֣דְעִ֔י | hiw·wā·ḏə·‘î | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct; first person common singular | H3045 know |
| I struck | סָפַ֖קְתִּי | sā·p̄aq·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H5606 clap, be enough, vomit |
| in grief | יָרֵ֑ךְ | yā·rêḵ | Noun - feminine singular | H3409 thigh, loin, side, base |
| I was ashamed | בֹּ֚שְׁתִּי | bō·šə·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H954 be ashamed |
| and | וְגַם־ | wə·ḡam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| humiliated | נִכְלַ֔מְתִּי | niḵ·lam·tî | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular | H3637 be humiliated |
| because | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I bore | נָשָׂ֖אתִי | nā·śā·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| the disgrace | חֶרְפַּ֥ת | ḥer·paṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H2781 reproach |
| of my youth | נְעוּרָֽי׃ | nə·‘ū·rāy | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H5271 youth, juvenility, young |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 36:31 · Jeremiah 3:25 · Ezekiel 21:12 · Luke 18:13 · Deuteronomy 30:2 · Ephesians 2:3–5 · Leviticus 26:41–42 · 2 Corinthians 7:10–11 · Psalm 25:7 · Zechariah 12:10 · Ezra 9:6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.