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Jeremiah 20

Jer. 20:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
, that triest
bachan (Hebrew #974)
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
KJV usage: examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).
Pronounce: baw-khan'
Origin: a primitive root
thew righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
, and seest
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
the reins
kilyah (Hebrew #3629)
a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)
KJV usage: kidneys, reins.
Pronounce: kil-yaw'
Origin: feminine of 3627 (only in the plural)
and the heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
, lety me see
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
thy vengeance
nqamah (Hebrew #5360)
avengement, whether the act of the passion
KJV usage: + avenge, revenge(-ing), vengeance.
Pronounce: nek-aw-maw'
Origin: feminine of 5359
on them: forz unto thee have I opened
galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
my cause
riyb (Hebrew #7379)
from 7378; a contest (personal or legal)
KJV usage: + adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or rib {reeb}
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let me.
Jer. 11:20• 20{i}But thou, Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.{/i} (Jer. 11:20)
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Jer. 12:8• 8Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. (Jer. 12:8)
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Jer. 17:18• 18{i}Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and break them with a double breaking{/i}. (Jer. 17:18)
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Jer. 18:19‑23• 19Give heed to me, Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
23Yet thou, Jehovah, knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
(Jer. 18:19‑23)
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2 Chron. 24:22• 22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died he said, Jehovah look upon it and require it. (2 Chron. 24:22)
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Psa. 54:7• 7For out of all trouble he delivered me;{HR}And mine eye hath looked upon mine enemies. (Psa. 54:7)
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Psa. 59:10• 10The God of my mercy will come to meet me;{HR}God will make me gaze on mine enemies. (Psa. 59:10)
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Psa. 109:6‑20• 6Appoint over him a wicked one,{HR}And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
7When he is judged, let him go out guilty,{HR}And his prayer be for sin.
8Let his days be few, let another take his office.
9Let his sons be orphans and his wife a widow.
10And let his sons be vagabonds (wandering wanderers),{HR}And beg and seek [bread] out of their desolations.
11Let an exactor ensnare all that he hath,{HR}And strangers plunder his labour.
12Let there be none extending mercy to him,{HR}Nor anyone gracious to his orphans.
13Let his posterity (latter end) be cut off;{HR}In a generation following let their name be blotted out.
14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with (to) Jehovah,{HR}And his mother's sin not be blotted out.
15Let them be before Jehovah continually,{HR}And let him cut off from the earth their memory,
16Because he remembered not to show mercy,{HR}But (and) pursued the poor and needy man,{HR}And one broken in heart, to slay [him].
17And he loved cursing; for (and) it came to him:{HR}And he delighted not in blessing:{HR}So it was far from him.
18And he put on cursing as his garment,{HR}And it came like the water into his midst,{HR}And like the oil into his bones.
19Let it be to him as raiment he weareth,{HR}And for a belt let him continually be girded.
20This [is] the wages of mine adversaries from Jehovah,{HR}And of their speaking evil against my soul.
(Psa. 109:6‑20)
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Rev. 6:10• 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell on the earth? (Rev. 6:10)
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Rev. 18:20• 20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets: for God hath judged your judgment on her. (Rev. 18:20)
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Rev. 19:2‑3• 2for true and righteous {i}are{/i} his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
3And a second time they said, Alleluia! and her smoke riseth up unto the ages of the ages.
(Rev. 19:2‑3)
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J. N. Darby Translation

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And thou, Jehovah of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealede my cause.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "committed." see ch. 11.20.

W. Kelly Translation

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But, Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.