Jeremiah 18:22

“Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring upon them a raiding band suddenly; for they have dug a pit to capture me, and snares they have hidden for my feet.”

Jeremiah 18:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 18:22, word by word

Let a cryזְעָקָהzeaka

outcry

Cry, outcry: the cry of someone who suffers injustice and calls for help.

Where else “zeaka” appears
be heardתִּשָּׁמַעtishama

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

Where else “tishama” appears
from their housesבָּתֵּיbate

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “bate” appears
you bringתָבִיאtavi

bring

To bring something or someone.

Where else “tavi” appears
a raiding bandגְּדוּדgedud

band, raiders

Band of raiders, troop that attacks by surprise.

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suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpitom

suddenly

Suddenly, in an instant.

Where else “pitom” appears
they have dugכָרוּcharu

dig

To dig a well or a grave.

Where else “charu” appears
a pitשׁוּחָהshucha

pit

A pit, a deep hole; a trap dug in the ground.

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to capture meלָכְדֵlachde

capture

To conquer a city or seize someone.

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and snaresפַחִיםfachim

snare

A bird trap; a hidden danger.

Where else “fachim” appears
they have hiddenטָמְנוּtamnu

hide, bury

Hide by burying in the ground.

Where else “tamnu” appears
for my feetרַגְלָragla

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

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The context

21Therefore give their sons to famine, and pour them out into the hands of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of children and widows; and let their men be slain by death, their young men struck by the sword in battle.

22 · This verse (above)

23But you, YHWH, know all their counsel against me for death; do not make expiation for their iniquity, and their sin from before you do not blot out; and let them be made to stumble before you; in the time of your anger act against them.

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