Jeremiah
Jeremiah 44:18
18But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But from the time | וּמִן־ | ū·min- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| we stopped | חָדַ֜לְנוּ | ḥā·ḏal·nū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | H2308 cease |
| burning incense | לְקַטֵּ֨ר | lə·qaṭ·ṭêr | Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke |
| to the Queen | לִמְלֶ֧כֶת | lim·le·ḵeṯ | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct | H4446 queen |
| of Heaven | הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם | haš·šā·ma·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
| and pouring out | וְהַסֵּֽךְ־ | wə·has·sêḵ- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute | H5258 pour out |
| drink offerings | נְסָכִ֖ים | nə·sā·ḵîm | Noun - masculine plural | H5262 drink-offering |
| to her | לָ֥הּ | lāh | Preposition; third person feminine singular | |
| we have lacked | חָסַ֣רְנוּ | ḥā·sar·nū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | H2637 lack, need, be lacking, decrease |
| everything | כֹ֑ל | ḵōl | Noun - masculine singular | H3605 the whole, all |
| and have been perishing | תָּֽמְנוּ׃ | tā·mə·nū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | H8552 be complete, finished |
| by sword | וּבַחֶ֥רֶב | ū·ḇa·ḥe·reḇ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H2719 sword |
| and famine | וּבָרָעָ֖ב | ū·ḇā·rā·‘āḇ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7458 famine, hunger |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Malachi 3:13–15 · Numbers 11:5–6 · Job 21:14–15 · Jeremiah 40:12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.