King James Version
Jeremiah 6:25 in the King James Version says “Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.”
Jeremiah 6:25 · KJV
They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“Go not forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“by the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for the sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
“is on every side”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
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