Jeremiah 15:18
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
חַלְחָלָה
chalchâlâh
writhing (in childbirth); by implication, terror
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
מַכָּה
makkâh
a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
אָנַשׁ
ʼânash
to be frail, feeble, or (figuratively) melancholy
רָפָא
râphâʼ
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
חָרַשׁ
chârash
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad ...
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
כָּלָה
kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Key Terms in This Verse
עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →חָרַשׁ chârash
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be sil...
Study H2790 →כָּלָה kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Study H3615 →רָפָא râphâʼ
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
Study H7495 →Cross References
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads...
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behol...
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