King James Version
Jeremiah 49:15 in the King James Version says “For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 49 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.”
Jeremiah 49:15 · KJV
For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“thee small”
H6996abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
“For lo I will make”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“among the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“among men”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
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