Jeremiah Chapter 20 verse 4 Holy Bible
For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
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For the Lord has said, See, I will make you a cause of fear to yourself and to all your friends: they will come to their death by the sword of their haters, and your eyes will see it: and I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will take them away prisoners into Babylon and put them to the sword.
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For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall see [it]; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall smite them with the sword.
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For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
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For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.
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For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am making thee for a fear to thyself, And to all loving thee, And they have fallen by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes are beholding, And all Judah I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he hath removed them to Babylon, And he hath smitten them with the sword.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends.--We should have looked for a different explanation, indicating that terrors from without should gather round the cruel and relentless persecutor, but the prophet's words go deeper. He should be an object of self-loathing, outer fears intensifying his inward terror and acting through him on others. He is the centre from which terrors radiate as well as that to which they converge.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewForכִּ֣י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionthis is whatכֹ֣ה (ḵōh)AdverbStrong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, nowthe LORDיְהוָ֡ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelsays:אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, say‘I will make youנֹתֶנְךָ֨ (nō·ṯen·ḵā)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, seta terrorלְמָג֜וֹר (lə·mā·ḡō·wr)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4032: Fear, terrorto yourselfלְךָ֣ (lə·ḵā)Preposition | second person masculine singularStrong's Hebrew and to allוּלְכָל־ (ū·lə·ḵāl-)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everyyour friends.אֹהֲבֶ֗יךָ (’ō·hă·ḇe·ḵā)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 157: To have affection fThey will fallוְנָֽפְל֛וּ (wə·nā·p̄ə·lū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 5307: To fall, lieby the swordבְּחֶ֥רֶב (bə·ḥe·reḇ)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, swordof their enemiesאֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם (’ō·yə·ḇê·hem)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 341: Hating, an adversarybefore your very eyes.וְעֵינֶ֣יךָ (wə·‘ê·ne·ḵā)Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singularStrong's 5869: An eye, a fountainAnd I will hand Judahיְהוּדָ֗ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelitesover toאֶתֵּן֙ (’et·tên)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, setthe kingמֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 4428: A kingof Babylon,בָּבֶ֔ל (bā·ḇel)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital cityand he will carry them awayוְהִגְלָ֥ם (wə·hiḡ·lām)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine pluralStrong's 1540: To denude, to exile, to revealto Babylonבָּבֶ֖לָה (bā·ḇe·lāh)Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singularStrong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital cityand putוְהִכָּ֥ם (wə·hik·kām)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine pluralStrong's 5221: To strikethem to the sword.בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ (be·ḥā·reḇ)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, swordJump to PreviousBabylon Captive Carry Enemies Eyes Fall Friends Hand Judah Kill Slay Sword Terror Thyself
