Jeremiah 3:21
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
A voiceקֹ֚ול
(ko·vl)
6963: sound, voicefrom an unused word
is heardנִשְׁמָ֔ע
(nish·ma,)
8085: to heara prim. root
on the bare heights,שְׁפָיִ֣ים
(she·fa·yim)
8205: bareness, a smooth or bare heightfrom shaphah
The weepingבְּכִ֥י
(be·chi)
1065: a weepingfrom bakah
[and] the supplicationsתַחֲנוּנֵ֖י
(ta·cha·nu·nei)
8469: supplication for favorfrom chanan
of the sonsבְּנֵ֣י
(be·nei)
1121: sona prim. root
of Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
(yis·ra·'el;)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el
Becauseכִּ֤י
(ki)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
they have pervertedהֶעֱוּוּ֙
(he·'ev·vu)
5753a: to bend, twista prim. root
their way,דַּרְכָּ֔ם
(dar·kam,)
1870: way, road, distance, journey, mannerfrom darak
They have forgottenשָׁכְח֖וּ
(sha·che·chu)
7911: to forgeta prim. root
the LORDיְהֹוָ֥ה
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
their God.אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃
(e·lo·hei·hem.)
430: God, godpl. of eloah


















KJV Lexicon
A voice
qowl  (kole)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
was heard
shama`  (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
upon the high places
shphiy  (shef-ee')
bareness; concretely, a bare hill or plain -- high place, stick out.
weeping
Bkiy  (bek-ee')
a weeping; by analogy, a dripping -- overflowing, sore, (continual) weeping, wept.
and supplications
tachanuwn  (takh-an-oon')
earnest prayer -- intreaty, supplication.
of the children
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
for they have perverted
`avah  (aw-vaw')
to crook, literally or figuratively (as follows) -- do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, (do) perverse(-ly), trouble, turn, do wickedly, do wrong.
their way
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
and they have forgotten
shakach  (shaw-kakh')
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention -- at all, (cause to) forget.
the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
their God
'elohiym  (el-o-heem')
angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A voice is heard on the bare heights, The weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel; Because they have perverted their way, They have forgotten the LORD their God.

King James Bible
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A sound is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, for they have perverted their way; they have forgotten the LORD their God.

International Standard Version
"A voice is heard on the barren heights, the weeping and pleading of the children of Israel because they have perverted their way. They have forgotten the LORD their God."

NET Bible
"A noise is heard on the hilltops. It is the sound of the people of Israel crying and pleading to their gods. Indeed they have followed sinful ways; they have forgotten to be true to the LORD their God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The sound of crying is heard on the hills. It is the crying and the pleading of the people of Israel. They have become crooked and have forgotten the LORD their God.

King James 2000 Bible
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
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