2 Chronicles 29:8 KJV

Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

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Thou and Ye

  • ye, your more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

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Cross References

  • Jeremiah 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
  • Jeremiah 25:18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
  • Deuteronomy 28:25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • 2 Chronicles 24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
  • Jeremiah 19:8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

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Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
  • JudahPraise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah’s words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: “Now will I...
  • JerusalemCalled also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Wherefore the wrath וַיְהִי wayhî Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and קֶצֶף qeṣep קֶצֶף Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • was upon Judah עַל ʿal Preposition יְהוּדָה yĕhûdâ יְהוּדָה Proper name
  • and Jerusalem וִירוּשָׁלִָם wîrûšālim יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Proper name · with and
  • and he hath delivered וַיִּתְּנֵם wayyittĕnēm נָתַן Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: third person masculine plural
  • them to trouble לְזַעֲוָה lĕzaʿăwâ זַעֲוָה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition זְוָעָה zᵉvâʻâh
  • to astonishment לְשַׁמָּה lĕšammâ שַׁמָּה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition
  • and to hissing וְלִשְׁרֵקָה wĕlišrēqâ שְׁרֵקָה Noun · feminine singular · with and, preposition
  • as ye see כַּאֲשֶׁר kaʾăšer Relative · with preposition אַתֶּם ʾattem Pronoun · second person masculine plural רֹאִים rōʾîm רָאָה Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural
  • with your eyes בְּעֵינֵיכֶם bĕʿênêkem עַיִן Noun · masculine or feminine dual construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine plural

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