Jeremiah

Jeremiah 5:12

¹²They have lied about the LORD and said:

“He will not do anything; harm will not come to us;

we will not see sword or famine.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They have lied	כִּֽחֲשׁוּ֙	ki·ḥă·šū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H3584 be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean
about the LORD	בַּיהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and said	וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
He	ה֑וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
will not do anything	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
harm	רָעָ֔ה	rā·‘āh	Adjective - feminine singular	H7451 bad, evil
will not	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
come	תָב֤וֹא	ṯā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to us	עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙	‘ā·lê·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H5921 height
we will not	ל֥וֹא	lō·w	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
see	נִרְאֶֽה׃	nir·’eh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H7200 see
sword	וְחֶ֥רֶב	wə·ḥe·reḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword
or famine	וְרָעָ֖ב	wə·rā·‘āḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.