Jeremiah 48:6

“Flee! Save your lives, and be like a shrub in the wilderness!”

Jeremiah 48:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 48:6, word by word

Fleeנֻסוּnusu

flee

To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.

Where else “nusu” appears
Saveמַלְּטוּmaltu

rescue

To bring another out of danger and set him safe.

Where else “maltu” appears
your livesנַפְשְׁnafsh

life

Life, when it is at stake.

Where else “nafsh” appears
and beתִהְיֶינָהtihyena

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “tihyena” appears
like a shrubעֲרוֹעֵרaroer

desert shrub, destitute

A bush of the desert; also someone destitute.

Where else “aroer” appears
in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

Where else “midbar” appears

The context

5For the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up it, weeping; for on the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of breaking.

6 · This verse (above)

7For because you trusted in your works and in your treasures, you too will be captured; and Chemosh will go out into exile, his priests and his princes together.

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