Jeremiah 49:16
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.”
יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
זָדוֹן
the arrogance of
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זָדוֹן
Pride, arrogance. Zadown. Pride goes before destruction. Zadown is the swollen pride that thinks it needs nothing from God or others. It always falls.
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שָׁכַן
O dweller
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שָׁכַן
Dwell, settle, tabernacle. Shakan. To settle and make a home. God desires to dwell among His people. He still seeks hearts to dwell in today.
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לֵב
heart/ your
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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מָרוֹם
the heights of
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מָרוֹם
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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תָּפַשׂ
O occupant of
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תָּפַשׂ
to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
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קֵן
nest/ your
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קֵן
a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling
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נָשָׁא
it has deceived
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נָשָׁא
to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce
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גָּבַהּ
you will make high
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גָּבַהּ
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
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תִּפְלֶצֶת
horror/ your
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תִּפְלֶצֶת
fearfulness
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נְאֻם
the utterance of
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נְאֻם
an oracle
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גִּבְעָה
a hill
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גִּבְעָה
a hillock
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