Verse 8
Jeremiah 15:8
World English Bible, British Edition
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Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas.
I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday.
I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עָֽצְמוּ לִ֤/י אַלְמְנֹתָ/ו֙ מֵ/ח֣וֹל יַמִּ֔ים הֵבֵ֨אתִי לָ/הֶ֥ם עַל אֵ֛ם בָּח֖וּר שֹׁדֵ֣ד בַּֽ/צָּהֳרָ֑יִם הִפַּ֤לְתִּי עָלֶ֨י/הָ֙ פִּתְאֹ֔ם עִ֖יר וּ/בֶהָלֽוֹת
English Translation
I brought the widows from the sands of the seas upon a chosen one, a devastator in the noon; I suddenly overwhelmed her in the city and in the commotion.
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