Jeremiah 4:7

“A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a horror; your cities will be laid waste, without inhabitant.”

Jeremiah 4:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 4:7, word by word

A lionאַרְיֵהarye

lion

Lion.

Where else “arye” appears
has gone upעָלָהala

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “ala” appears
from his thicketסֻּבְּכsubch

thicket

Thicket, dense brush.

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and a destroyerמַשְׁחִיתmashchit

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

Where else “mashchit” appears
of nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
has set outנָסַעnasa

set out

To break camp and set out for another place.

Where else “nasa” appears
he has gone outיָצָאyatsa

go out

To go out of a place.

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from his placeמְּקֹמmekom

place

A place, a spot.

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to makeשׂוּםsum

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

Where else “sum” appears
your landאַרְצֵartse

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “artse” appears
a horrorשַׁמָּהshama

horror

Something that horrifies everyone.

Where else “shama” appears
your citiesעָרַיִarayi

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

Where else “arayi” appears
will be laid wasteתִּצֶּינָהtitsena

lie in ruins

To be reduced to rubble, a destroyed city.

Where else “titsena” appears
inhabitantיוֹשֵׁבyoshev

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yoshev” appears

The context

6Raise a banner toward Zion; flee for safety, do not stand still, for I am bringing evil from the north, and a great breaking.

7 · This verse (above)

8For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail, for the burning anger of YHWH has not turned back from us.

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