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Jeremiah 32

Jer. 32:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold the ηmounts
collah (Hebrew #5550)
active participle feminine of 5549, but used passively; a military mound, i.e. rampart of besiegers
KJV usage: bank, mount.
Pronounce: so-lel-aw'
Origin: or cowllah {so-lel-aw'}
, they are come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
unto the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
to take
lakad (Hebrew #3920)
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
KJV usage: X at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
Pronounce: law-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
it; and the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
is given
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
into the hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
of the Chaldeans
Kasdiy (Hebrew #3778)
towards the Kasdites
KJV usage: into Chaldea), patronymically from 3777 (only in the plural); a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people:--Chaldeans, Chaldees, inhabitants of Chaldea.
Pronounce: kas-dee'
Origin: (occasionally with enclitic) Kasdiymah {kas-dee'- maw}
, that fight
lacham (Hebrew #3898)
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
KJV usage: devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Pronounce: law-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
against it, because
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
of the sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
, and of the famine
ra`ab (Hebrew #7458)
hunger (more or less extensive)
KJV usage: dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
Pronounce: raw-awb'
Origin: from 7456
, and of the pestilence
deber (Hebrew #1698)
a pestilence
KJV usage: murrain, pestilence, plague.
Pronounce: deh'-ber
Origin: from 1696 (in the sense of destroying)
: and what thou hast spoken
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
is come to pass; and, behold, thou 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
it.
η
or, engines of shot,
Jer. 33:4• 4For thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the king of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts and by the sword: (Jer. 33:4)
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Chaldeans; Chaldees,
Famine,
Pestilence,
Sword

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mounts.
or, engines of shot.
Jer. 33:4• 4For thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the king of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts and by the sword: (Jer. 33:4)
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Ezek. 21:22• 22At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. (Ezek. 21:22)
The mounts were huge terraces raised up to plant their engines on; and so formed as to be capable of being moved forwards towards the city.
See Note on 2 Sa 20:15.the city is.
Jer. 32:3,25,36• 3For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
 25And thou hast said unto me, O Lord Jehovah, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
 36And now therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; (Jer. 32:3,25,36)
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Jer. 21:4‑7• 4Thus saith Jehovah God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
 5And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
 6And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
 7And afterward, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. (Jer. 21:4‑7)
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Jer. 37:6‑10• 6Then came the word of Jehovah unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
 7Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
 8And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
 9Thus saith Jehovah; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
 10For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. (Jer. 37:6‑10)
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Jer. 14:12‑15• 12When they fast, I will not hear their cry: and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
 13Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
 14Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
 15Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. (Jer. 14:12‑15)
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Jer. 15:1‑3• 1{i}And Jehovah said unto me,{/i} Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight and let them go forth.
 2And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah, Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
 3And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. (Jer. 15:1‑3)
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Jer. 16:4• 4they shall die of grievous deaths; they, shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. (Jer. 16:4)
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Jer. 24:10• 10And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers. (Jer. 24:10)
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Jer. 52:6• 6And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. (Jer. 52:6)
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Lam. 2:21‑22• 21The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets:{HR}My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword;{HR}Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
 22Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about,{HR}So that in the day of Jehovah's anger none escaped nor remained:{HR}Those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed. (Lam. 2:21‑22)
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Lam. 4:3‑10• 3Even the dragons draw out the breast, they suckle their young:{HR}The daughter of my people [is] cruel like the ostriches in the wilderness.
 4The tongue of the suckling cleaveth to its palate for thirst;{HR}Infants ask bread—none breaketh [it] for them.
 5They that fed daintily perish in the streets;{HR}They who were brought up on scarlet embrace dunghills.
 6For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom,{HR}That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
 7Her Nazarites were brighter than snow, they were whiter than milk;{HR}They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their cutting (shape) of sapphire.
 8Their aspect is darker than dusk, they are not known in the streets;{HR}Their skin cleaveth to their bones, it is dried up like a stick.
 9Happier the slain with the sword than the slain with hunger;{HR}Because these pine away pierced through for the fruits of the field.
 10The hands of pitiful women boiled their children;{HR}They became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. (Lam. 4:3‑10)
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Ezek. 14:21• 21For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? (Ezek. 14:21)
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Deut. 4:26• 26{i}I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it: ye shall not prolong your days on it, but shall be utterly destroyed.{/i} (Deut. 4:26)
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Deut. 31:16‑17• 16{i}And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the strange gods of the land into which they enter, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.{/i}
 17{i}And my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them, and they will say in that day, Have not these evils befallen me because my God is not in my midst?{/i} (Deut. 31:16‑17)
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Deut. 32:24‑25• 24{i}They shall be consumed with hunger,{HR}And devoured with burning heat,{HR}And with poisonous pestilence;{HR}And the teeth of beasts will I send against them,{HR}With the poison of what crawleth in the dust.{HR}{/i}
 25{i}From without shall the sword bereave them,{HR}And in the chambers, terror{HR}—Both the young man and the virgin,{HR}The suckling with the man of gray hairs.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:24‑25)
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Josh. 23:15‑16• 15{i}But it shall come to pass, that as every good word hath been fulfilled to you, that Jehovah your God spoke to you, so will Jehovah bring upon you every evil word, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you;{/i}
 16{i}when ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves unto them, so that the anger of Jehovah shall be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.{/i} (Josh. 23:15‑16)
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Zech. 1:6• 6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. (Zech. 1:6)
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Matt. 24:35• 35The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. (Matt. 24:35)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold the moundsb, they are come unto the city for taking it; and the city is given over into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and behold, thou seest it.

JND Translation Notes

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i.e. mounds cast up by the besiegers.

W. Kelly Translation

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behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it; because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.