Jeremiah

Jeremiah 9:19

¹⁹For the sound of wailing

is heard from Zion:

‘How devastated we are!

How great is our shame!

For we have abandoned the land

because our dwellings have been torn down.’”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the sound	ק֥וֹל	qō·wl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6963 sound, voice
of wailing	נְהִ֛י	nə·hî	Noun - masculine singular	H5092 wailing, lamentation, mourning song
is heard	נִשְׁמַ֥ע	niš·ma‘	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H8085 hear
from Zion	מִצִּיּ֖וֹן	miṣ·ṣî·yō·wn	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6726 Zion
How	אֵ֣יךְ	’êḵ	Interjection	H349 How?
devastated we are	שֻׁדָּ֑דְנוּ	šud·dā·ḏə·nū	Verb - Pual - Perfect - first person common plural	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
How great	מְאֹד֙	mə·’ōḏ	Adverb	H3966 muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly
is our shame	בֹּ֤שְׁנֽוּ	bō·šə·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H954 be ashamed
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
we have abandoned	עָזַ֣בְנוּ	‘ā·zaḇ·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
the land	אָ֔רֶץ	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
because	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
our dwellings	מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ס	miš·kə·nō·w·ṯê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H4908 dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'
have been torn down	הִשְׁלִ֖יכוּ	hiš·lî·ḵū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H7993 throw, fling, cast

Cross-references

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Jeremiah 4:13 · Ezekiel 7:16–18 · Deuteronomy 28:29

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.