So my furyוַ חֲמָתִיand my angerוְאַפִּיwere poured outתִּתַּךְand burnedוַתִּבְעַרin the citiesבְּעָרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהand in the streetsוּבְחֻצוֹתof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִָםand they becameוַתִּהְיֶינָהa ruin,לְחָרְבָּהa desolation,לִשְׁמָמָהas it is this day.כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה
Jeremiah 44:6
Study it in the app“So my fury and my anger were poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, and they became a ruin, a desolation, as it is this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 44:6, word by word
- So my furyחֲמָתִchamati
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamati” appears- and my angerאַפִּapi
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “api” appears- were poured outתִּתַּךְtitach
pour out
To gush out, like water or God's wrath.
Where else “titach” appears- and burnedתִּבְעַרtivar
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “tivar” appears- in the citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- and in the streetsחֻצוֹתchutsot
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- and they becameתִּהְיֶינָהtihyena
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tihyena” appears- a ruinחָרְבָּהcharba
ruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “charba” appears- a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- as it is this dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
5But they did not listen, and did not incline their ear to turn from their evil, so as not to burn incense to other gods.
6 · This verse (above)
7And now, thus says YHWH Elohim Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Why are you doing great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and nursing child, from the midst of Judah, so as not to leave you a remnant,