Jeremiah 20:4

For Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes will see it. I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them captive to Babylon, and will kill them with the sword.

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WEBBE

For the LORD says, ‘Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes will see it. I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them captive to Babylon, and will kill them with the sword.

BSB

For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.

KJV

For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

ASV

For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

BBE

For the Lord has said, See, I will make you a cause of fear to yourself and to all your friends: they will come to their death by the sword of their haters, and your eyes will see it: and I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will take them away prisoners into Babylon and put them to the sword.

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כִּי ki for H3588 כֹה khoh thus H3541 אָמַר 'a·mar he says H559 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 הִנְנִי hi·ni here I H2005 נֹתֶנְךָ no·ten·kha [am] about to make you H5414 לְמָגוֹר le·ma·gor into a terror H4032 לְךָ le·kha to yourself H9031 וּלְכָל־ u·le·khol- and to all H3605 אֹהֲבֶיךָ 'o·ha·vei·kha friends your H157 וְנָפְלוּ ve·na·fe·lu and they will fall H5307 בְּחֶרֶב be·che·rev by [the] sword of H2719 אֹיְבֵיהֶם 'o·ye·vei·hem enemies their H341 וְעֵינֶיךָ ve·'ei·nei·kha and eyes your H5869 רֹאוֹת ro·'ot [will be] looking H7200 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 יְהוּדָה ye·hu·dah Judah H3063 אֶתֵּן 'e·ten I will give H5414 בְּיַד be·yad in [the] hand of H3027 מֶלֶךְ־ me·lekh- [the] king of H4428 בָּבֶל ba·vel Babylon H894 וְהִגְלָם ve·hig·lam and he will take into exile them H1540 בָּבֶלָה ba·ve·lah Babylon towards H894 וְהִכָּם ve·hi·kam and he will strike down them H5221 בֶּחָרֶב be·cha·rev with the sword H2719

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Babylon

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BabylonCaptivity

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.