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Jeremiah 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 shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

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עָלָ֤הalahascend upעָלָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “ascend up”, a completed actionH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…אַרְיֵה֙aryehlionאֲרִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “lion”, the ordinary formH738a lion(young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).מִֽסֻּבְּכ֔וֹmisubkhvofrom thicketסֹבֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from thicket”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5441a copsethicket.וּמַשְׁחִ֣יתumashchitand batterשָׁחַתconjunction, verb, hiphil, participle, construct — “and batter”, a verb used as a describing wordH7843to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).גּוֹיִ֔םgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.נָסַ֖עnasacause to blowנָסַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cause to blow”, a completed actionH5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourneycause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.יָצָ֣אyatsabring forthיָצָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring forth”, a completed actionH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…מִמְּקֹמ֑וֹmimqomvofrom countryמָקוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from country”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4725properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).לָשׂ֤וּםlasumto putשׂוּםpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to put”, the to-form of the verbH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…אַרְצֵךְ֙artsekheearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.לְשַׁמָּ֔הleshamahto astonishmentשַׁמָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to astonishment”, the ordinary formH8047ruin; by implication, consternationastonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.עָרַ֥יִךְarayikhcityעִירnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a 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.תִּצֶּ֖ינָהtitseynahbe laid wasteנָצָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “be laid waste”, an unfinished actionH5327properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrelbe laid waste, runinous, strive (together).מֵאֵ֥יןmeeynfrom elseאַיִןpreposition, particle, negative — “from else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, 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 H370 (אַיִן).יוֹשֵֽׁבyoshevdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations is set out, gone forth from his place; to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

Young’s Literal Translation

Gone up hath a lion from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations hath journeyed, He hath come forth from his place To make thy land become a desolation, Thy cities are laid waste, without inhabitant.

World English Bible

A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations. He is on his way. He has gone out from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

Darby Translation

The lion is come up from his thicket, the destroyer of the nations is on his way; he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate; thy cities shall be laid waste, without inhabitant.

Douay-Rheims

The lion is come up out of his den, and the robber of nations hath roused himself: he is come forth out of his place, to make thy land desolate: thy cities shall be laid waste, remaining without an inhabitant.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations is set out, gone forth from his place; to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The lion is gone up from his lair, he has roused himself to the destruction of the nations, and has gone forth out of his place, to make the land desolate; and the cities shall be destroyed, so as to be without inhabitant.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνέβη λέων ἐκ τῆς μάνδρας αὐτοῦ, ἐξολοθρεύων ἔθνη ἐξῇρε, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ, τοῦ θεῖναι τὴν γῆν εἰς ἐρήμωσιν· καὶ αἱ πόλεις καθαιρεθήσονται, παρὰ τὸ μὴ κατοικεῖσθαι αὐτάς.