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Jeremiah 15

Jer. 15:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Their widows
'almanah (Hebrew #490)
a widow; also a desolate place
KJV usage: desolate house (palace), widow.
Pronounce: al-maw-naw'
Origin: fem of 488
are increased
`atsam (Hebrew #6105)
to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; denominatively (from 6106) to crunch the bones
KJV usage: break the bones, close, be great, be increased, be (wax) mighty(-ier), be more, shut, be(-come, make) strong(-er).
Pronounce: aw-tsam'
Origin: a primitive root
to me above the sand
chowl (Hebrew #2344)
sand (as round or whirling particles)
KJV usage: sand.
Pronounce: khole
Origin: from 2342
of the seas
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
: I have brought
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
upon them against the μmother
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
of the young men
bachuwr (Hebrew #970)
participle passive of 977; properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective)
KJV usage: (choice) young (man), chosen, X hole.
Pronounce: baw-khoor'
Origin: or bachur {baw-khoor'}
a spoiler
shadad (Hebrew #7703)
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
KJV usage: dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), X utterly, (lay) waste.
Pronounce: shaw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
at noonday
tsohar (Hebrew #6672)
a light (i.e. window): dual double light, i.e. noon
KJV usage: midday, noon(-day, -tide), window.
Pronounce: tso'-har
Origin: from 6671
: I have caused him to fall
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
upon it suddenly
pith'owm (Hebrew #6597)
from 6621; instantly
KJV usage: straightway, sudden(-ly).
Pronounce: pith-ome'
Origin: or pith.om {pith-ome'}
, and terrors
behalah (Hebrew #928)
panic, destruction
KJV usage: terror, trouble.
Pronounce: beh-haw-law'
Origin: from 926
upon the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
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or, mother city a young man spoiling, or, against the mother and the young men.

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Cross References

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widows.
Isa. 3:25‑26• 25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
 26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. (Isa. 3:25‑26)
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Isa. 4:1• 1And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. (Isa. 4:1)
the mother, etc.
or, the mother city a young man spoiling,etc.
or, the mother and the young men.
a spoiler.
Jer. 4:16• 16Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. (Jer. 4:16)
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Jer. 5:6• 6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. (Jer. 5:6)
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Jer. 6:4‑5• 4Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
 5Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. (Jer. 6:4‑5)
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Luke 21:35• 35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. (Luke 21:35)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Their widows are increased to me more than the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them, against the mother of the young men, a spoiler at noonday; I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon her suddenly.