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Jeremiah 49:25

How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

KJV

Quomodo dereliquerunt civitatem laudabilem, urbem lætitiæ ?

Vulgate

How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?

ASV

אֵ֥יךְ לֹֽא עֻזְּבָ֖ה עִ֣יר תהלה תְּהִלָּ֑ת קִרְיַ֖ת מְשׂוֹשִֽׂ/י

Hebrew

How have they forsaken the city of renown, the city of joy!

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֚יךְ
'yk
particle · 82×
וֹ
v
noun · 58×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ
mshvsh
verb · 17×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
קִרְיָ֖ה
qryh
noun · 29×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 33:9 — And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness
  • Jer 51:41 — How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
  • Jer 51:41 — How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!