Jeremiah 46:22
The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
KJV
Vox ejus quasi æris sonabit : quoniam cum exercitu properabunt, et cum securibus venient ei quasi cædentes ligna.
Vulgate
The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
ASV
קוֹלָ֖/הּ כַּ/נָּחָ֣שׁ יֵלֵ֑ךְ כִּֽי בְ/חַ֣יִל יֵלֵ֔כוּ וּ/בְ/קַרְדֻּמּוֹת֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔/הּ כְּ/חֹטְבֵ֖י עֵצִֽים
Hebrew
Her voice shall sound like brass, for they shall hasten with an army, and with axes they shall come against her, as hewers of wood.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 14:8 — Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
- Isa 29:4 — And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and th