Jeremiah 23:14

Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data

"I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah."

Word-by-Word Analysis

I have

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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also in the

נָבִיא

nâbîyʼ

H5030

a prophet or (generally) inspired man

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of

יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

Yᵉrûwshâlaim

H3389

Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

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an

זַלְעָפָה

zalʻâphâh

H2152

a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)

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דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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they

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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נָאַף

nâʼaph

H5003

to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize

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and

יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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in

שֶׁקֶר

sheqer

H8267

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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they

חָזַק

châzaq

H2388

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra...

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also the

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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of

רָעַע

râʻaʻ

H7489

properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)

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that

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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doth

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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from his

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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they are all of them unto me as

סְדֹם

Çᵉdôm

H5467

Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea

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and the

יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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as

עֲמֹרָה

ʻĂmôrâh

H6017

Amorah, a place in Palestine

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Key Terms in This Verse

horrible H2152

זַלְעָפָה zalʻâphâh

a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)

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evildoers H7489

רָעַע râʻaʻ

properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)

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Gomorrah H6017

עֲמֹרָה ʻĂmôrâh

Amorah, a place in Palestine

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strengthen H2388

חָזַק châzaq

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer

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adultery H5003

נָאַף nâʼaph

to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize

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Sodom H5467

סְדֹם Çᵉdôm

Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea

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lies H8267

שֶׁקֶר sheqer

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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commit H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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wickedness H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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inhabitants H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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Cross References

Jeremiah 29:23 cross-reference

Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a ...

Ezekiel 22:25 cross-reference

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many w...

Jeremiah 23:32 cross-reference

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: there...

Jeremiah 14:14 cross-reference

Then the LORD 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 ...

Micah 3:11 cross-reference

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil ca...

Genesis 18:20 cross-reference

And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

Deuteronomy 32:32 cross-reference

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

Matthew 11:24 cross-reference

But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

Zephaniah 3:4 cross-reference

Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

Jeremiah 20:16 cross-reference

And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;

Genesis 13:13 cross-reference

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

Revelation 22:15 cross-reference

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

Revelation 19:20 cross-reference

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These...

Revelation 11:8 cross-reference

And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

1 Timothy 4:2 cross-reference

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

2 Peter 2:6 cross-reference

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

Jude 1:7 cross-reference

Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of ete...

Revelation 21:8 cross-reference

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimst...

Jeremiah 23:17 cross-reference

They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

Ezekiel 13:16 cross-reference

To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.

Jeremiah 18:13 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

Malachi 1:1 cross-reference

The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

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