Jeremiah 12:3
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
בָּחַן
bâchan
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּחַן bâchan
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
Study H974 →נָכָה nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Study H5221 →נָכָה nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Study H5221 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy t...
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; t...
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
But, O LORD 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.
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