Jeremiah 49:3
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.”
כֹּהֵן
Priest. Kohen. One who stands between God and the people. Jesus is our great High Priest. And in Him every believer is part of a royal priesthood with full access to God.
שַׂק
sackcloths
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שַׂק
properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)
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מֶלֶךְ
Milcom
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מֶלֶךְ
King. Melek. A ruler with supreme authority. The LORD is King forever and ever. Every earthly king is answerable to the King of kings.
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סָפַד
mourn
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סָפַד
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
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שָׁדַד
it has been devastated
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שָׁדַד
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
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בַּת
O daughters of
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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הָלַךְ
he will go
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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יָלַל
wail
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יָלַל
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
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רַבָּה
Rabbah
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רַבָּה
Rabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and West
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צָעַק
cry out
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צָעַק
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
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יַחַד
together
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יַחַד
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
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עַי
Ai
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עַי
Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
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חֶשְׁבּוֹן
O Heshbon
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חֶשְׁבּוֹן
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
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חָגַר
gird yourselves
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חָגַר
to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
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