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Jeremiah 8:15

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Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.	We looked for peace, but no good [came; and] for a time of health, and behold trouble!	The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

We looked^H6960 for peace^H7965, but no good^H2896 came; and for a time^H6256 of health^H4832, and behold trouble^H1205!

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Original Hebrew

קַוֵּה לְשָׁלֹום וְאֵין טֹוב לְעֵת מַרְפֵּה וְהִנֵּה בְעָתָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
קַוֵּ֥ה	ka.Veh	H6960	HVpv2ms	we waited eagerly
לְ/שָׁל֖וֹם	le./sha.Lom	H7965	HR/Ncmsa	for/ peace
וְ/אֵ֣ין	ve./'Ein	H369	HC/Tn	and/ there not
ט֑וֹב	Tov	H2896	HAamsa	(was) good
לְ/עֵ֥ת	le./'Et	H6256	HR/Ncbsc	for/ a time of
מַרְפֵּ֖ה	mar.Peh	H4832	HNcmsa	healing
וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה	ve./hi.Neh	H2009	HC/Tm	and/ there!
בְעָתָֽה	ve.'a.Tah	H1205	HNcfsa	terror

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1205 — בְּעָתָה (bᵉʻâthâh, beh-aw-thaw'): from בָּעַת; fear; trouble.
• H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
• H4832 — מַרְפֵּא (marpêʼ, mar-pay'): from רָפָא; properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity; (in-)cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.
• H6256 — עֵת (ʻêth, ayth): from עַד; time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.; [phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.
• H6960 — קָוָה (qâvâh, kaw-vaw'): a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect; gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
• H7965 — שָׁלוֹם (shâlôwm, shaw-lome'): or שָׁלֹם; from שָׁלַם; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace; [idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] wholly.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.

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