Jeremiah 8:12
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוּשׁ
bûwsh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
תּוֹעֵבַה
tôwʻêbah
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
בּוּשׁ
bûwsh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
כָּלַם
kâlam
properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
פְּקֻדָּה
pᵉquddâh
visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּלַם kâlam
properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
Study H3637 →תּוֹעֵבַה tôwʻêbah
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
Study H8441 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →בּוּשׁ bûwsh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
Study H954 →בּוּשׁ bûwsh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
Study H954 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →Cross References
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they s...
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so ...
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