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Jeremiah 44:6

Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

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וַתִּתַּ֤ךְvatitakhand dropנָתַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and drop”, the next action in the storyH5413to flow forth (literally or figuratively); by implication, to liquifydrop, gather (together), melt, pour (forth, out).חֲמָתִי֙chamatiangerחֵמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2534heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See H2529 (חֶמְאָה).וְאַפִּ֔יveapiand faceאַףconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and face”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ireanger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.וַתִּבְעַר֙vativarand be brutishבָּעַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be brutish”, the next action in the storyH1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutishbe brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.בְּעָרֵ֣יbearein cityעִירpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “in 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.יְהוּדָ֔הyehudahJudahיְהוּדָהnoun, proper name — “Judah”H3063Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territoryJudah.וּבְחֻצ֖וֹתuvechutsotand in abroadחוּץconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and in abroad”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2351properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoorsabroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑םyerushalimJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםnoun, proper name — “Jerusalem”H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineJerusalem.וַתִּהְיֶ֛ינָהvatihyeynahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְחָרְבָּ֥הlecharebahto decayed placeחׇרְבָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to decayed place”, the ordinary formH2723properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolationdecayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).לִשְׁמָמָ֖הlishmamahto desolateשְׁמָמָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to desolate”, the ordinary formH8077devastation; figuratively, astonishment(laid, [idiom] most) desolate(-ion), waste.כַּיּ֥וֹםkayomas as long asיוֹםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…הַזֶּֽהhazehthe the one...the otherזֶהdefinite article, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “the the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Wherefore My fury and Mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore my wrath and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.

Young’s Literal Translation

and poured out is My fury, and Mine anger, and it burneth in cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem, and they are for a waste, for a desolation, as [at] this day.

World English Bible

Therefore my wrath and my anger was poured out, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is today.’

Darby Translation

And my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are become a waste, a desolation, as at this day.

Douay-Rheims

Wherefore my indignation and my fury was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and they are turned to desolation and waste, as at this day.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Wherefore My fury and Mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ἱερεμίαν, λέγων,