Verse 23
Jeremiah 22:23
Young's Literal Translation
23
O dweller in Lebanon, making a nest among cedars, How gracious hast thou been when pangs come to thee, Pain -- as of a travailing woman.
Original Language Text
hebrew
ישבתי יֹשַׁבְתְּ֙ בַּ/לְּבָנ֔וֹן מקננתי מְקֻנַּ֖נְתְּ בָּֽ/אֲרָזִ֑ים מַה נֵּחַנְתְּ֙ בְּ/בֹא לָ֣/ךְ חֲבָלִ֔ים חִ֖יל כַּ/יֹּלֵדָֽה
English Translation
I sat, you were sitting in Lebanon, I nested among the cedars; what have you brought to you, pains like a woman in labor?
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Chapter 22 Context
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10
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11
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12
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13
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Who is saying, 'I build for myself a large house, And airy upper chambers,' And he hath cut out for...
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19
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20
Go up to Lebanon, and cry, And in Bashan give forth thy voice, And cry from Abarim, For destroyed ha...
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21
I have spoken unto thee in thine ease, Thou hast said, 'I do not hearken,' This [is] thy way from th...
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22
All thy friends consume doth wind, And thy lovers into captivity do go, Surely then thou art ashamed...
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23
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