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Lexicon :: Strong's H5892 - ʿîr

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עִיר
Transliteration
ʿîr
Pronunciation
eer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עוּר (H5782) a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1587a,1615

Strong’s Definitions

עִיר ʻîyr, eer; or (in the plural) עָר ʻâr; or עָיַר ʻâyar; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post):—Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,089x

The KJV translates Strong's H5892 in the following manner: city (1,074x), town (7x), every one (2x), variant (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,089x
The KJV translates Strong's H5892 in the following manner: city (1,074x), town (7x), every one (2x), variant (6x).

  1. excitement, anguish

    1. of terror

  2. city, town (a place of waking, guarded)

    1. city, town

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עִיר ʻîyr, eer; or (in the plural) עָר ʻâr; or עָיַר ʻâyar; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post):—Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
STRONGS H5892: Abbreviations
† I. עִיר noun [masculine] excitement; — of terror, וּבֶהָלוֺת ע׳ Jeremiah 15:9; of rage (si vera lectio), לֹא אָבוֺא בְּעִיר Hosea 11:9, but St proposes לְבָעֵר compare We Oort Now GASm. — בָּעִיר Psalm 73:20 see עור Hiph. — see II, III. עִיר.

II. עִיר 1092 noun feminineGenesis 10:12 (AlbrZAW xvi.40 f.) city, town (√ unknown; Late Hebrew id.; ? Phoenician ער Lzb345; Sabean ער fortified height (compare 3) PräZMG xxvi (1872), 437, ערן, עהרן city CISiv. pp. 94, 95, 173); — ע׳ absolute Genesis 4:17 +, construct Genesis 24:10 +; הָעִ֫ירָה 1 Kings 14:12 + 7 times; suffix עִירִי 2 Samuel 19:38 2 times, etc.; plural עָרִים Isaiah 6:11 +, עֲיָרִים Judges 10:4 (text error, or word-play, compare GFM); construct עָרֵי Genesis 19:29 +; suffix עָרַי Zechariah 1:17, עָרֵיכֶם Isaiah 1:7 +, etc.; —
1. city, town, abode of men Genesis 4:17 (J) and often; גְּדֹלָה Genesis 10:12 (J), +, or קְטַנָּה Ecclesiastes 9:14 (compare Genesis 19:20); especially
a. fortified: עָרִים בְּצֻרוֺת 2 Samuel 20:6 +, etc., see בָּצַר, מִבְצָר; עִיר מִבְצַרצֹֿר Joshua 19:29 (P) fortified city (of) Tyre, מָצוֺר ע׳ Psalm 31:22 +, etc., see מָצוֺר, מְצוּרָה below צוּר (Micah 7:12 see מָצוֺר); עָזלָֿנוּ ע׳ Isaiah 26:1, עָרֵי מָעוּזּוֺ Isaiah 17:9; וּבְרִיחַ דְּלָתַיִם ע׳ 1 Samuel 23:7; חוֺמָה ע׳ Leviticus 25:29, compare Leviticus 25:30 (P), 1 Kings 4:13; on Hosea 10:14 see I. עַם 2b (1 Samuel 9:14 read הַשֵּׁעַר Greek Version of the LXX We Dr and others).
b. opposed to הַפְּרָזִי כֹּפֶר 1 Samuel 6:18, הַפּ׳ עָרֵי Deuteronomy 3:5, הַפְּרָזוֹת ע׳ Esther 9:19; distinguished from dependencies חֲצֵרִים Joshua 13:23 + often P.
c. עָרֶיה are dependent towns Joshua 13:17 (P), Jeremiah 19:15.
†d. עָרֵי הַמַּמְלָכָה Joshua 10:2 (JE) royal cities (i.e. with a king, compare Tel Amarna al šarri), so singular 1 Samuel 27:5, opposed to הַשָּׁדֶה עָרֵי 1 Samuel 27:5 rural towns; הַמְּלוּכָה ע׳ 2 Samuel 12:26 (but read הַמַּיִם ע׳ We Bu Kit Löhr HPS, see 2 below).
†e. עֶרֵי מִסְכְּנוֺת Exodus 1:11 storage-cities, so 1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6, 4; 17:12; for נַפְתָּלִי ע׳ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 16:4 read probably כִּנְרוֺת עֵלוֿגו׳ (as 1 Kings 15:20; Be Kit Buhl); compare הֶרֶכֶב ע׳ 1 Kings 9:19; 1 Kings 10:26 2 Chronicles 8:6; 9:25; 2 Chronicles 1:14; הַפָּרָשִׁים ע׳ 1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6.
†f. (הַ)מִקְלָט ע׳ (P) asylum-cities Numbers 35:11, 13, 14; Joshua 20:2, compare Numbers 35:25, 26, 27, 28, 32, לְמִקְלָט ע׳ Numbers 35:12; מִקְלַט הָרֹצֵחַ ע׳ Joshua 21:13 + 4 times in Joshua 21.
g. (הָ)אֱלֹהִים ע׳ = Jerusalem: Psalm 46:5; Psalm 87:3, compare Psalm 48:2; Psalm 48:9; י׳ ע׳ Isaiah 60:14; Psalm 101:8; צְבָאוֺת י׳ ע׳ Psalm 48:9.
h. city = inhabitants 1 Samuel 4:13; 1 Samuel 5:12; Isaiah 22:2; Ruth 1:19, so 2 Samuel 20:22 (reading הָעִיר for MT הָעָם) Greek Version of the LXX We Dr and others (compare also following).
i. combinations are: רֹכְלִים ע׳ Ezekiel 17:4 city of merchants; מוֺשָׁב ע׳ Psalm 107:4; Psalm 107:7; Psalm 107:36 city for dwelling; especially of character or condition: † הַצֶּדֶק ע׳ Isaiah 1:26, † ע׳ הָאֱמֶת Zechariah 8:3; † הַקּדֶשׁ ע׳ Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:1; Nehemiah 11:1, 18, compare Daniel 9:24, all of Jerusalem; עָרֵי קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ Jeremiah 5:17 of Judaean cities; of foreign cities, תְּהִלָּךְ ע׳ Jeremiah 49:25, הָע׳ הַהֻלָּלה Ezekiel 26:17, הָעַלִּיזָה הָע׳ Zephaniah 2:15; of Jerusalem also הַיּוֺנָה הָע׳ Zephaniah 3:1 oppressive city, (הַ)דָּמִים ע׳ bloody city Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 24:6, 9 and (of Nineveh) Nahum 3:1.
2. of fortress in a city especially עִיר דָּוִד 2 Samuel 5:7, 9; 2 Samuel 6:10 + often (see דָּוִד); כֵית הַבָּ֑עַל ע׳ 2 Kings 10:25 (crpt; Klo proposes דְּבִיר for ע׳, compare Kmp Benz Kit); הַמַּיִם ע׳ 2 Samuel 12:27 (so read also 2 Samuel 12:26, see 1d).
3. apparently fortified place, of any size, עִיר מִבְצָר בְּכָלעָֿרֵיהֶם מִמִּגְּדַּל נוֺצְרִים עַדֿ 2 Kings 17:9 2 Kings 18:8; compare Numbers 13:9 (P; but on compare of ver. see Di); perhaps also עֲמָלֵק ע׳ 1 Samuel 15:5 (HPS). — Hosea 7:4 see I. עור Hiph.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:17; 4:17; 10:12; 10:12; 19:20; 19:29; 24:10

Exodus

1:11

Leviticus

25:29; 25:30

Numbers

13:9; 35:11; 35:12; 35:13; 35:14; 35:25; 35:26; 35:27; 35:28; 35:32

Deuteronomy

3:5

Joshua

10:2; 13:17; 13:23; 19:29; 20:2; 21:13

Judges

10:4

Ruth

1:19

1 Samuel

4:13; 5:12; 6:18; 9:14; 15:5; 23:7; 27:5; 27:5

2 Samuel

5:7; 5:9; 6:10; 12:26; 12:26; 12:27; 19:38; 20:6; 20:22

1 Kings

4:13; 9:19; 9:19; 9:19; 10:26; 14:12; 15:20

2 Kings

10:25; 17:9; 18:8

2 Chronicles

1:14; 8:4; 8:6; 8:6; 8:6; 9:25; 16:4; 17:12

Nehemiah

11:1; 11:18

Esther

9:19

Psalms

31:22; 46:5; 48:2; 48:9; 48:9; 73:20; 87:3; 101:8; 107:4; 107:7; 107:36

Ecclesiastes

9:14

Isaiah

1:7; 1:26; 6:11; 17:9; 22:2; 26:1; 48:2; 52:1; 60:14

Jeremiah

5:17; 15:9; 19:15; 49:25

Ezekiel

17:4; 22:2; 24:6; 24:9; 26:17

Daniel

9:24

Hosea

7:4; 10:14; 11:9

Micah

7:12

Nahum

3:1

Zephaniah

2:15; 3:1

Zechariah

1:17; 8:3

H5892

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Strong's Number H5892 matches the Hebrew עִיר (ʿîr),
which occurs 1,095 times in 936 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 15 / 19 (Isa 37:34–Jer 21:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:34 - By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, H5892 saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:35 - For I will defend this city H5892 to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:6 - And I will deliver thee and this city H5892 out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9 - O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities H5892 of Judah, Behold your God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11 - Let the wilderness and the cities H5892 thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26 - That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities H5892 of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:13 - I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, H5892 and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:2 - For they call themselves of the holy city, H5892 and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:1 - Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: H5892 for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3 - For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities H5892 to be inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14 - The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city H5892 of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4 - And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, H5892 the desolations of many generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:12 - And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city H5892 not forsaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:10 - Thy holy cities H5892 are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:6 - A voice of noise from the city, H5892 a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities H5892 of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18 - For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, H5892 and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:15 - The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities H5892 are burned without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:28 - But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities H5892 are thy gods, O Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:14 - Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, H5892 and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:5 - Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:7 - The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities H5892 shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:16 - Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities H5892 of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:26 - I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities H5892 thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - The whole city H5892 shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city H5892 shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: H5892 every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:17 - And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, H5892 wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:6 - For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city H5892 to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:17 - Seest thou not what they do in the cities H5892 of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - Then will I cause to cease from the cities H5892 of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:14 - Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, H5892 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16 - 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, H5892 and those that dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities H5892 of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities H5892 of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:6 - Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities H5892 of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:12 - Then shall the cities H5892 of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:13 - For according to the number of thy cities H5892 were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:19 - The cities H5892 of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18 - If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, H5892 then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:24 - And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city H5892 on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:25 - Then shall there enter into the gates of this city H5892 kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city H5892 shall remain for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - And they shall come from the cities H5892 of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:8 - And I will make this city H5892 desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:11 - And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, H5892 as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:12 - Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city H5892 as Tophet:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city H5892 and upon all her towns H5892 all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:5 - Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, H5892 and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:16 - And let that man be as the cities H5892 which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. H5892

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