Hebrew Interlinear

Jeremiah 2:12 Interlinear

“Be astonished O ye heavens at this and be horribly afraid desolate be ye very saith the LORD”

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Jeremiah 2 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	שֹׁ֥מּוּ	H8074	Be astonished	to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
2	שָׁמַ֖יִם	H8064	O ye heavens	the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
3	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
4	זֹ֑את	H2063		this (often used adverb)
5	וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ	H8175	at this and be horribly afraid	to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e., fear
6	חָרְב֥וּ	H2717	desolate	to parch (through drought) i.e., (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
7	מְאֹ֖ד	H3966	be ye very	properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
8	נְאֻם	H5002	saith	an oracle
9	יְהוָֽה׃	H3068	the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

Jeremiah 2:12 (current)Be astonished O ye heavens at this and be horribly afraid desolate be ye very saith the LORD