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Lexicon :: Strong's H5869 - ʿayin

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עַיִן
Transliteration
ʿayin
Pronunciation
ah'-yin
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably a primitive word
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1612a,1613

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: עין.

Strong’s Definitions

עַיִן ʻayin, ah'-yin; probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape):—affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance, displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), × him, humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), × me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, regard, resemblance, sight, × thee, × them, + think, × us, well, × you(-rselves).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 887x

The KJV translates Strong's H5869 in the following manner: eye (495x), sight (216x), seem (19x), colour (12x), fountain (11x), well (11x), face (10x), pleased (with H3190) (10x), presence (8x), displeased (with H3415) (8x), before (8x), pleased (with H3474) (4x), conceit (4x), think (4x), miscellaneous (66x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 887x
The KJV translates Strong's H5869 in the following manner: eye (495x), sight (216x), seem (19x), colour (12x), fountain (11x), well (11x), face (10x), pleased (with H3190) (10x), presence (8x), displeased (with H3415) (8x), before (8x), pleased (with H3474) (4x), conceit (4x), think (4x), miscellaneous (66x).

  1. eye

    1. eye

      1. of physical eye

      2. as showing mental qualities

      3. of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

  2. spring, fountain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַיִן ʻayin, ah'-yin; probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape):—affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance, displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), × him, humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), × me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, regard, resemblance, sight, × thee, × them, + think, × us, well, × you(-rselves).
STRONGS H5869: Abbreviations
I. עַ֫יִן 859 noun feminineGenesis 3:7 and (Zechariah 3:9; 4:10 AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 75) masculine eye (ancient Semitic word; √ and relation to II. ע׳ unknown; Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ען; Targum עֵינָא, עַיְינָא Palmyrene עינא Zinjirli suffix עיני, עינך Syriac bdb074404; Assyrian ênu, enu, Tel Amarna suffix inaya and (apparently Canaanite gloss ḫinaya; Arabic bdb074406; Ethiopic bdb074407); — absolute ע׳ Exodus 21:4 +, construct עֵין Exodus 21:26 +; suffix עֵינִי Genesis 44:21 + (2 Samuel 16:12 read עָנְיִי Vrss Comm.), עֵינְךָ Deuteronomy 7:16 +, עֵינֵנוּ Psalm 35:21 (2 Samuel 20:6 see נצל Hiph.); suffix 3rd person masculine plural עֵינָם Isaiah 13:18 (Zechariah 5:6 read עֲוֺנָם Greek Version of the LXX We Gr Now), עֵינֵמוֺ Psalm 73:7 (but read עֲוֺנָמוֺ see Commentaries); usually dual עֵינַיִם Genesis 20:16 +, עֵינָ֑יִם Isaiah 3:16 +, especially construct עֵינֵי Genesis 3:7 +, עֵנֵי Isaiah 3:8; suffix עֵינַי Genesis 31:10 +, עֵינֶיךָ Judges 6:17 +, etc. (Hosea 10:10 read עֲוֺנֹתָם compare Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Che We Gr Now); — eye:
1. literally as physical organ,
a. of man Exodus 21:6 (3 times in verse) (E), Genesis 3:6 (J) +, Leviticus 21:20; Leviticus 24:20 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:16 (H; very rarely P, e.g. Deuteronomy 34:4, 7), 2 Kings 4:34 (twice in verse) +; once שְׁתֵּי עֵינַי Judges 16:28.
b. anthropomorph. of י׳ Psalm 33:18; Psalm 34:16 +.
c. of idols Psalm 115:5; Psalm 135:16.
d. of beasts Genesis 30:41 (J), Job 40:24 (hippop., si vera lectio, but probably corrupt Di Siegf Bu Du where see conjectures), Job 41:10 (crocodile); bird Job 28:7; Job 39:29; Proverbs 1:17.
†e. in wheels Ezekiel 1:18; compare Ezekiel 10:12; on stone Zechariah 3:9 (all in visions).
f. subject of ראה see Genesis 45:12 (twice in verse) (E), + (often Deuteronomy), with חזה Psalm 11:4; men see בְּע׳ Deuteronomy 3:27; 2 Kings 7:12 +; especially נָשָׂא ע׳ + ראה Genesis 13:10; Genesis 10:14 (J) +; compare לְכָלמַֿרְאֵה עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן Leviticus 13:12 = as far as the priest can see, מַרְאֵה ע׳ Deuteronomy 28:34 what is seen by the eyes = Deuteronomy 28:67; Ecclesiastes 6:9.
g. as affected by sleep, see שֵׁנָה below [יָשֵׁן].
h. as weeping, מְקוֺר דִּמְעָה ע׳ Jeremiah 8:23, נִגְּרָה ע׳ Lamentations 3:49, דָּֽלְפָה ע׳ Job 16:20; see also Jeremiah 31:16; Psalm 116:8, and ירד Qal 3 c.
i. as growing dim, see I. כָּהָה, חָשַׁךְ 3; with כָּבֵד Genesis 48:10 (E), קוּם 1 Samuel 4:15; 1 Kings 14:4, שָׁעַע Isaiah 32:3; Isaiah 6:10 (Hiph.); with כָּלָה pine, languish, see כ׳ Qal 2 b, Pi. 2 b, with דָּאַב Psalm 88:10, עָשַׁשׁ Psalm 6:8; Psalm 31:10, דָּלַל Isaiah 38:14.
j. with פָּקַח open, after sleep Job 27:19, sleep of death 2 Kings 4:35; = keep awake Proverbs 20:13 (opposed to שֵׁנָה); of new power of vision Genesis 3:5, 7 (J), given by God Genesis 21:19 (E), 2 Kings 6:17 (twice in verse); so (with וַיְגַל) Numbers 22:31 (JE); = give sight to blind 2 Kings 6:20 (twice in verse); Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah 42:7; Psalm 146:8; of God (י׳) opening his eyes, ע׳ פָּקַח 2 Kings 19:16 = Isaiah 37:17; Daniel 9:18, + עַלֿ Jeremiah 32:19; Zechariah 12:4; Job 14:3; with פָּתַח, + אֶל־ 1 Kings 8:29 2 Chronicles 6:20; 1 Kings 8:52; Nehemiah 1:6, + ל Nehemiah 1:40; Nehemiah 7:15; + infinitive Nehemiah 1:6. — Numbers 24:3, 15 see שׁתם
k. אוֺר ע׳ etc., = revive, see אור verb Qal, Hiph.; noun, 10.
†l. קָרַץ ע׳ = wink Psalm 35:19; Proverbs 10:10, בְּע׳ ק׳ Proverbs 6:13.
†m. יִרְזְמוּן ע׳ Job 15:12 i.e. roll (in anger).
n. ל׳ לָטַשׁ ע׳ Job 16:9 whet eyes against = 'look daggers at.'
o. put out eye, see עִוֵּר, נקר
p. as feature of beauty, יְפֵה ע׳ Deuteronomy 16:12; compare Songs 4:9; Songs 7:5, יוֺנִים ע׳ Songs 1:15; Songs 4:1; and Songs 5:12 (כְּיוֺנִים); on other hand, לֵאָה רַכּוֺת ע׳ Genesis 29:17 (E); ע׳ בַּפּוּךְ וַתָּשֶׂם †2 Kings 9:30 (see פּוּךְ), compare Jeremiah 4:30, כָּחַל ע׳ Ezekiel 23:40 paint the eyes†.
q. apple of the eye, see אִישׁוֺן, [בָּבָה], בַּת 6.
r. גַּבֹּת ע׳ Leviticus 14:9 eyebrows.
s. חַכְלִילִי ע׳ מִָיּ֑יִן Genesis 49:12, חַכְלִילוּת ע׳ Proverbs 23:29 (see ח׳); מְאוֺר ע׳ Proverbs 15:30, see Toy.
2.
a. eyes as shewing mental qualities: arrogance גַבְהוּת ע׳ Isaiah 2:11, גְבֹהִים ע׳ Isaiah 5:15, גְּבַהּעֿ׳ Psalm 101:5, תִּפְאֶרֶת רוּם ע׳ Isaiah 10:12; with רוּם also Psalm 18:28 (so read also || 2 Samuel 22:28 Hup HPS), Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 21:4; humility, שַׁח ע׳ Job 22:29; mockery, תִּלְעַג לְ ע׳ Proverbs 30:17; compare בְּ רָעָה ע׳ Deuteronomy 15:9 (grudging), Deuteronomy 28:54, 56 (id.); especially (עַל) אַלתָּֿחֹס ע׳ not have pity on Deuteronomy 7:16 + 4 times Deuteronomy; Ezekiel 5:11 + 8 times Ezekiel; Isaiah 13:18, also Genesis 45:20 (E; = not regret); compare נֹחַם יִסָּתֵר מֵע׳ Hosea 13:14.
b. מַחְמַד ע׳ Ezekiel 24:16 desire of the eyes, so Ezekiel 24:21; Ezekiel 24:25; שִׁקּוּצֵי ע׳ Ezekiel 20:7 abominations of the eyes, so Ezekiel 20:8. — Psalm 73:7 see חֵלֶב.
3. Figurative of mental and spiritual faculties, acts and states:
a. ע׳ תִּפָּקַחְנָה Genesis 3:5, 7 (J) Isaiah 42:7, גְּלּוּי ע׳ Numbers 24:4, 16 (JE); also טַח מֵרְאוֺת ע׳ Isaiah 44:18; אֶליֿ׳ ע׳ Psalm 123:2 (see Psalm 123:2; Psalm 123:2 for origin of figurative), +; of י׳, Psalm 33:18 (i.e. his favour) Psalm 34:16 (id.) +.
b. הַזִּנוֺת ע׳ Ezekiel 6:9; תִּשְׂבַּע ע׳ Ecclesiastes 1:8; Ecclesiastes 4:8; שָֽׁאֲלוּ ע׳ Ecclesiastes 2:10; לְֹנכַח יַבִּיטוּ ע׳ Proverbs 4:25; טוֺבעֿ׳ Proverbs 22:9 = bountiful, רַע עָ֑יִן Proverbs 23:6 = niggardly one, so Proverbs 28:22; eye as avenue of temptation Job 31:1, 7; שִׁית ע׳ Psalm 17:11 —
c. especially בְּעֵינֵי, with adjective and intransitive verbs, in the view, opinion, of Genesis 16:4, 5 (J), Genesis 21:11, 12 (E), Genesis 34:18 (P), + often; with active verb 2 Samuel 10:3 = 1 Chronicles 19:3; Esther 1:17; Esther 3:6; הַטּוֺב בְּע׳ Genesis 16:6; Genesis 19:14 (J), +, i.e. what one pleases, Numbers 36:6 (P) whom they please; הַיָּשָׁר בְּע׳ Deuteronomy 12:8, 25 +, הַטּוֺב וְהַיָּשָׁר בְּע׳ Deuteronomy 12:28; Joshua 9:25 (D), הָרַע בְּע׳ Judges 2:11; Judges 3:7; Deuteronomy 4:25 + especially D and K (RD); so לְנֶגֶד עיניו 2 Samuel 22:25 = Psalm 18:25; אַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם Numbers 15:39 = according to your wish, fancy (+ לְבַבְכֶם).
d. נֶעְלָם מֵע׳ Leviticus 4:13 i.e. hid from knowledge of, so Numbers 5:13 (both P), Job 28:21; מֵע׳ Numbers 15:24 (P) without the knowledge of; מִן אַעְלִים ע׳ Isaiah 1:15 = disregard, pay no attention; compare Leviticus 20:4 (H) Ezekiel 22:26; without מִן, absolute, Proverbs 28:27; נִסְתְּרוּ מֵע׳ Isaiah 65:16, וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵע׳ Job 3:10; בּוֺ אַעְלִים ע׳ (i.e. בַּכֹּפֶר) 1 Samuel 12:3 (נעלים sandals + ענו בי Greek Version of the LXX Th We Kit, compare Ecclusxlvi. 19; Bu HPS insert ענו בי); הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר ע׳ Deuteronomy 16:19, compare כְּסוּת ע׳ Genesis 20:16 (E).
4. Transferred meanings:
a. visible surface of earth Exodus 10:5, 15 (J) Numbers 22:5, 11 (JE).
b. appearance Leviticus 13:5 (P; reading בְּעֵינוֺ Di Kau Dr-Wh), Leviticus 13:37 (P; reading id.), Leviticus 13:55 (P) Numbers 11:7 (twice in verse) (JE); so apparently dual 1 Samuel 16:7.
c. gleam, sparkle (of metal, jewels, etc.) Ezekiel 1:4, 7, 16, 22, 27; Ezekiel 8:2; Ezekiel 10:9; Daniel 10:6; of wine Proverbs 23:31.
5. Other phrases are: תַּחַת ע׳ ע׳ Exodus 21:24 (E) = Leviticus 24:20 (H), = בְּע׳ ע׳ Deuteronomy 19:21, all = an eye for an eye; בְּע׳ ע׳ = eye to eye, Numbers 14:14 (P) Isaiah 52:8 (figurative), compare תִּרְאֶינָה אֶתעֿ׳ וְע׳ Jeremiah 32:4; Jeremiah 34:3; especially לְעֵינֵי in the presence of, in full view of Genesis 42:24 (E) Genesis 47:19 (J) Exodus 4:30 (J) Numbers 19:5 (P), + oft; of business transaction Jeremiah 32:12 (twice in verse); Genesis 23:11, 18 (P); so נֶגֶד ע׳ Joel 1:16, לְנֶגֶד ע׳ Job 4:16, and even בְּע׳ 1 Samuel 21:14; Ezra 3:12; נִגְרַזְתּי מִנֶּגֶד ע׳ Psalm 31:23; בֵּין ע׳ = on the forehead Exodus 13:9, 16 (JE) Deuteronomy 6:8; Deuteronomy 11:18; Deuteronomy 14:1; Daniel 8:5, 21.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5870.

† II. עַ֫יִן noun feminine spring (of water) (connection with I. ע׳ dubious; Late Hebrew id., Phoenician ען; Assyrian ênu, înu; Arabic bdb074501; Ethiopic bdb074502; Palmyrene עינא, Targum עֵינָא, עַיְינָא; Syriac bdb074503); — absolute ע׳ 1 Samuel 29:1 +, עָ֑יִן Genesis 49:22 +, הָעַ֫יְנָה Genesis 24:16, 45; construct עֵין Genesis 24:13 +; plural עֲיָנֹת Deuteronomy 8:7, ־וֹת 2 Chronicles 32:3; construct עֵינוֺת Exodus 15:27 = Numbers 33:9, עִינוֺת Proverbs 8:28 (Ges§ 93 v); — spring Genesis 16:7; Genesis 24:16, 29, 30, 42, 45 (all J) Genesis 49:22 (poem in J), 1 Samuel 29:1; עֵין חַמַּיִם Genesis 16:7; Genesis 24:13, 43 (J), compare Exodus 15:27 (J) Numbers 33:9 (P); נַחֲלֵי מַיִם ע׳ וּתְחֹמֹת Deuteronomy 8:7; מֵימֵי הָעֲיָנוֺת 2 Chronicles 32:3; תְּהוֺם ְ׳ Proverbs 8:28 (i.e. of the sea); figurative עֵין יַעֲקֹב Deuteronomy 33:28 (poem), i.e. Jacob's descendants. Particular springs are:
a. חֲרֹד ע׳ [H5878 Judges 7:1] (on location compare GFM).
b. הַקּוֺרֵא ע׳ (partridge-spring) [H5875 Judges 15:19] (compare id.).
c. רֹגֵּל ע׳ near Jerusalem (early sanctuary RSSem i. 157, 2nd ed. 172)
[H5883 2 Samuel 17:17 compare 1 Kings 1:9, on border of Judah Joshua 15:7, and Benjamin Joshua 18:16].
d. הַתַּנִּין ע׳ (dragon-spring) [H5886 Nehemiah 2:13] (= c ? so RSl.c.).—
On שַׁעַר הָעַיִן Nehemiah 2:14; Nehemiah 3:15; Nehemiah 12:37 see H8179 שַׁעַר
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Genesis

3:5; 3:5; 3:6; 3:7; 3:7; 3:7; 3:7; 10:14; 13:10; 16:4; 16:5; 16:6; 16:7; 16:7; 19:14; 20:16; 20:16; 21:11; 21:12; 21:19; 23:11; 23:18; 24:13; 24:13; 24:16; 24:16; 24:29; 24:30; 24:42; 24:43; 24:45; 24:45; 29:17; 30:41; 31:10; 34:18; 42:24; 44:21; 45:12; 45:20; 47:19; 48:10; 49:12; 49:22; 49:22

Exodus

4:30; 10:5; 10:15; 13:9; 13:16; 15:27; 15:27; 21:4; 21:6; 21:24; 21:26

Leviticus

4:13; 13:5; 13:12; 13:37; 13:55; 14:9; 20:4; 21:20; 24:20; 24:20; 26:16

Numbers

5:13; 11:7; 14:14; 15:24; 15:39; 19:5; 22:5; 22:11; 22:31; 24:3; 24:4; 24:15; 24:16; 33:9; 33:9; 36:6

Deuteronomy

3:27; 4:25; 6:8; 7:16; 7:16; 8:7; 8:7; 11:18; 12:8; 12:25; 12:28; 14:1; 15:9; 16:12; 16:19; 19:21; 28:34; 28:54; 28:56; 28:67; 33:28; 34:4; 34:7

Joshua

9:25

Judges

2:11; 3:7; 6:17; 16:28

1 Samuel

4:15; 12:3; 16:7; 21:14; 29:1; 29:1

2 Samuel

10:3; 16:12; 20:6; 22:25; 22:28

1 Kings

8:29; 8:52; 14:4

2 Kings

4:34; 4:35; 6:17; 6:20; 7:12; 9:30; 19:16

1 Chronicles

19:3

2 Chronicles

6:20; 32:3; 32:3

Ezra

3:12

Nehemiah

1:6; 1:6; 2:14; 3:15; 7:15; 12:37

Esther

1:17; 3:6

Job

3:10; 4:16; 14:3; 15:12; 16:9; 16:20; 22:29; 27:19; 28:7; 28:21; 31:1; 31:7; 39:29; 40:24; 41:10

Psalms

6:8; 11:4; 17:11; 18:25; 18:28; 31:10; 31:23; 33:18; 33:18; 34:16; 34:16; 35:19; 35:21; 73:7; 73:7; 88:10; 101:5; 115:5; 116:8; 123:2; 123:2; 123:2; 131:1; 135:16; 146:8

Proverbs

1:17; 4:25; 6:13; 6:17; 8:28; 8:28; 10:10; 15:30; 20:13; 21:4; 22:9; 23:6; 23:29; 23:31; 28:22; 28:27; 30:17

Ecclesiastes

1:8; 2:10; 4:8; 6:9

Song of Songs

1:15; 4:1; 4:9; 5:12; 7:5

Isaiah

1:15; 2:11; 3:8; 3:16; 5:15; 6:10; 10:12; 13:18; 13:18; 32:3; 35:5; 37:17; 38:14; 42:7; 42:7; 44:18; 52:8; 65:16

Jeremiah

4:30; 31:16; 32:4; 32:12; 32:19; 34:3

Lamentations

3:49

Ezekiel

1:4; 1:7; 1:16; 1:18; 1:22; 1:27; 5:11; 6:9; 8:2; 10:9; 10:12; 20:7; 20:8; 22:26; 23:40; 24:16; 24:21; 24:25

Daniel

8:5; 8:21; 9:18; 10:6

Hosea

10:10; 13:14

Joel

1:16

Zechariah

3:9; 3:9; 4:10; 5:6; 12:4

H5869

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Strong's Number H5869 matches the Hebrew עַיִן (ʿayin),
which occurs 54 times in 45 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:2 - “Look up to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been ravished? By the roadside you sat waiting for lovers, sat like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - What are you doing, you devastated one? Why dress yourself in scarlet and put on jewels of gold? Why highlight your eyes with makeup? You adorn yourself in vain. Your lovers despise you; they want to kill you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - LORD, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:21 - Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:11 - Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:30 - “ ‘The people of Judah have done evil in my eyes, declares the LORD. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my Name and have defiled it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1 - Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:18 - Let them come quickly and wail over us till our eyes overflow with tears and water streams from our eyelids.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:17 - If you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly, overflowing with tears, because the LORD’s flock will be taken captive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:20 - Look up and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock that was entrusted to you, the sheep of which you boasted?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 - Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of food.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17 - “Speak this word to them: “ ‘Let my eyes overflow with tears night and day without ceasing; for the Virgin Daughter, my people, has suffered a grievous wound, a crushing blow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:17 - My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:4 - But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:10 - and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:10 - “Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:4 - For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; with your own eyes you will see them fall by the sword of their enemies. I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will carry them away to Babylon or put them to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 - “But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:6 - My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:14 - As for me, I am in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5 - With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:1 - In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, early in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:5 - Then the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah before the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:11 - and he said before all the people, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In the same way I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations within two years.’ ” At this, the prophet Jeremiah went on his way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:21 - This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to you in my name: “I will deliver them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your very eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 - This is what the LORD says: “Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,”

declares the LORD.

“They will return from the land of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:4 - Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape the Babylonians[fn] but will certainly be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him with his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:12 - and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel and of the witnesses who had signed the deed and of all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:13 - “In their presence I gave Baruch these instructions:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:19 - great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind; you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:30 - “The people of Israel and Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight from their youth; indeed, the people of Israel have done nothing but arouse my anger with what their hands have made, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:3 - You will not escape from his grasp but will surely be captured and given into his hands. You will see the king of Babylon with your own eyes, and he will speak with you face to face. And you will go to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:15 - Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to your own people. You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:6 - There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and also killed all the nobles of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:7 - Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:12 - “Take him and look after him; don’t harm him but do for him whatever he asks.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - But today I am freeing you from the chains on your wrists. Come with me to Babylon, if you like, and I will look after you; but if you do not want to, then don’t come. Look, the whole country lies before you; go wherever you please.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - However, before Jeremiah turned to go,[fn] Nebuzaradan added, “Go back to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the towns of Judah, and live with him among the people, or go anywhere else you please.” Then the commander gave him provisions and a present and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:2 - Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, “Please hear our petition and pray to the LORD your God for this entire remnant. For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few are left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:9 - “While the Jews are watching, take some large stones with you and bury them in clay in the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:24 - “Before your eyes I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia[fn] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:2 - He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:10 - There at Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the officials of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:11 - Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon, where he put him in prison till the day of his death.
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