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Jeremiah 15

Jer. 15:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whyr is my pain
k'eb (Hebrew #3511)
suffering (physical or mental), adversity
KJV usage: grief, pain, sorrow.
Pronounce: keh-abe'
Origin: from 3510
perpetual
netsach (Hebrew #5331)
or netsach {nay'-tsakh}; from 5329; properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view); --alway(-s), constantly, end, (+ n-)ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.
Pronounce: neh'-tsakh
, and my wound
makkah (Hebrew #4347)
(plural only) from 5221; a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
KJV usage: beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, X sore, stripe, stroke, wound((-ed)).
Pronounce: mak-kaw'
Origin: or (masculine) makkeh {muk-keh'}
incurable
'anash (Hebrew #605)
to be frail, feeble, or (figuratively) melancholy
KJV usage: desperate(-ly wicked), incurable, sick, woeful.
Pronounce: aw-nash'
Origin: a primitive root
, which refuseth
ma'en (Hebrew #3985)
to refuse
KJV usage: refuse, X utterly.
Pronounce: maw-ane'
Origin: a primitive root
to be healed
rapha' (Hebrew #7495)
a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
KJV usage: cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, X thoroughly, make whole. See 7503.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: or raphah {raw-faw'}
? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar
'akzab (Hebrew #391)
falsehood; by implication treachery
KJV usage: liar, lie.
Pronounce: ak-zawb'
Origin: from 3576
, and as waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
that ζfail
'aman (Hebrew #539)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand
KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Pronounce: aw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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my pain.
Jer. 14:19• 19--Hast thou then utterly rejected Judah? Doth thy soul loathe Zion? Why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? Peace is looked for, and there is no good,--and a time of healing, and behold terror! (Jer. 14:19)
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Psa. 6:3• 3And my soul trembleth exceedingly: and thou, Jehovah, till how long? (Psa. 6:3)
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Psa. 13:1‑3• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, with sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3Consider, answer me, O Jehovah my God! lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
(Psa. 13:1‑3)
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Lam. 3:1‑18• 1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.
3Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day.
4My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
5He hath built against me, and encompassed me with gall and toil.
6He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
7He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.
15He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.
18And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.
(Lam. 3:1‑18)
my wound.
as a.
and as.
fail.
Heb. be not sure.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable? It refuseth to be healed. Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a treacherous spring, as waters that fail?