Jeremiah 5:6

Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data

"Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased."

Word-by-Word Analysis

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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a

אֲרִי

ʼărîy

H738

a lion

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out of the

יַעַר

yaʻar

H3293

a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)

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shall

הָרַג

hârag

H2026

to smite with deadly intent

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them and a

זְאֵב

zᵉʼêb

H2061

a wolf

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of the

עֲרָבָה

ʻărâbâh

H6160

a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea

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shall

שָׁלָל

shâlâl

H7998

booty

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them a

נָמֵר

nâmêr

H5246

a leopard (from its stripes)

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shall

צָפָה

tsâphâh

H6822

properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await

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over their

עִיר

ʻîyr

H5892

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

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every

אֶחָד

ʼechâd

H259

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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that

הָלַךְ

hâlak

H1980

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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out

שָׁם

shâm

H8033

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

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shall be

טְרֵפָה

ṭᵉrêphâh

H2966

prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals

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in

נָפַץ

nâphats

H5310

to dash to pieces, or scatter

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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their

פֶּשַׁע

peshaʻ

H6588

a revolt (national, moral or religious)

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are

רַב

rab

H7227

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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and their

מְשׁוּבָה

mᵉshûwbâh

H4878

apostasy

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are

רָבָה

râbâh

H7235

to increase (in whatever respect)

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Key Terms in This Verse

evenings H6160

עֲרָבָה ʻărâbâh

a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea

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backslidings H4878

מְשׁוּבָה mᵉshûwbâh

apostasy

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wolf H2061

זְאֵב zᵉʼêb

a wolf

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leopard H5246

נָמֵר nâmêr

a leopard (from its stripes)

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torn H2966

טְרֵפָה ṭᵉrêphâh

prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals

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forest H3293

יַעַר yaʻar

a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)

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transgressions H6588

פֶּשַׁע peshaʻ

a revolt (national, moral or religious)

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increased H7235

רָבָה râbâh

to increase (in whatever respect)

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watch H6822

צָפָה tsâphâh

properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await

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lion H738

אֲרִי ʼărîy

a lion

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Cross References

Habakkuk 1:8 cross-reference

Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the ...

Jeremiah 4:7 cross-reference

The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabit...

Ezekiel 22:27 cross-reference

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Zephaniah 3:3 cross-reference

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Psalm 104:20 cross-reference

Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

Ezra 10:10 cross-reference

And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

Jeremiah 25:38 cross-reference

He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

Jeremiah 30:24 cross-reference

The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.

Jeremiah 14:7 cross-reference

O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

Jeremiah 2:15 cross-reference

The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

Ezra 9:6 cross-reference

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

Jeremiah 2:17 cross-reference

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

Hosea 5:14 cross-reference

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

Numbers 32:14 cross-reference

And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.

Revelation 13:2 cross-reference

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Lamentations 1:5 cross-reference

Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

Daniel 7:6 cross-reference

After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

Daniel 7:4 cross-reference

The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given ...

Jeremiah 49:19 cross-reference

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over ...

Jeremiah 2:19 cross-reference

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear...

Ezekiel 16:25 cross-reference

Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

Isaiah 59:12 cross-reference

For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

Ezekiel 23:19 cross-reference

Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

Jeremiah 30:14 cross-reference

All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins ...

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