Jeremiah 44:18
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Berean Study Bible
But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”

Young's Literal Translation
‘And from the time we have ceased to make perfume to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out to her libations, we have lacked all, and by sword and by famine we have been consumed,

King James Bible
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all [things], and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

Hebrew
But from the time
וּמִן־ (ū·min-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

we stopped
חָדַ֜לְנוּ (ḥā·ḏal·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle

burning incense
לְקַטֵּ֨ר (lə·qaṭ·ṭêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6999: To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire

to the queen
לִמְלֶ֧כֶת (lim·le·ḵeṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4446: A queen

of heaven
הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

and pouring out
וְהַסֵּֽךְ־ (wə·has·sêḵ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 5258: To pour out, a libation, to cast, to anoint a, king

drink offerings
נְסָכִ֖ים (nə·sā·ḵîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5262: A libation, a cast idol

to her,
לָ֥הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

we have lacked
חָסַ֣רְנוּ (ḥā·sar·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 2637: To lack, need, be lacking, decrease

everything
כֹ֑ל (ḵōl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

and have been perishing
תָּֽמְנוּ׃ (tā·mə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 8552: To be complete or finished

by sword
וּבַחֶ֥רֶב (ū·ḇa·ḥe·reḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

and famine.”
וּבָרָעָ֖ב (ū·ḇā·rā·‘āḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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