Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:20

²⁰Disaster after disaster is proclaimed,

for the whole land is laid waste.

My tents are destroyed in an instant,

my curtains in a moment.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Disaster	שֶׁ֤בֶר	še·ḇer	Noun - masculine singular	H7667 breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash
after	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
disaster	שֶׁ֙בֶר֙	še·ḇer	Noun - masculine singular	H7667 breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash
is proclaimed	נִקְרָ֔א	niq·rā	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
for	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the whole	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
land	הָאָ֑רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
is laid waste	שֻׁדְּדָ֖ה	šud·də·ḏāh	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
My tents	אֹהָלַ֔י	’ō·hā·lay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H168 tent
are destroyed	שֻׁדְּד֣וּ	šud·də·ḏū	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
in an instant	פִּתְאֹם֙	piṯ·’ōm	Adverb	H6597 suddenness
my curtains	יְרִיעֹתָֽי׃	yə·rî·‘ō·ṯāy	Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H3407 curtain
in a moment	רֶ֖גַע	re·ḡa‘	Noun - masculine singular	H7281 a moment

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.