King James Version
Jeremiah 49:25 in the King James Version says “How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 49 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!”
Jeremiah 49:25 · KJV
Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. fainthearted: Heb. melted on: or, as on the sea
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“How is the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“of my joy”
H4885delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly (the feeling)
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