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They have made itשָׂמָהּa desolation;לִשְׁמָמָהit mournsאָבְלָהbefore me,עָלַיdesolate;שְׁמֵמָהdesolateנָשַׁמָּהis allכָּלthe land,הָאָרֶץforכִּיthere is noאֵיןmanאִישׁwho takes itשָׂםtoעַלheart.לֵב
Jeremiah 12:11
Study it in the app“They have made it a desolation; it mourns before me, desolate; desolate is all the land, for there is no man who takes it to heart.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 12:11, word by word
- They have made itשָׂמָsama
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “sama” appears- a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- it mournsאָבְלָהavla
mourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “avla” appears- desolateשְׁמֵמָהshemema
desolate
Desolate, ruined; of a person, abandoned and without comfort.
Where else “shemema” appears- desolateנָשַׁמָּהnashama
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “nashama” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears
The context
10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled my portion; they have made the portion of my delight a wilderness of desolation.
11 · This verse (above)
12On all the bare heights in the wilderness destroyers have come, for the sword of YHWH devours from one end of the land to the other end of the land; there is no peace for any flesh.