Jeremiah 6:21
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Berean Study Bible
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I do give to this people stumbling blocks, And stumbled against them have fathers and sons together, The neighbour and his friend do perish.

King James Bible
Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

Hebrew
Therefore,
לָכֵ֗ן (lā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

this is what
כֹּ֚ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

says:
אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I will lay
נֹתֵ֛ן (nō·ṯên)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

stumbling blocks
מִכְשֹׁלִ֑ים (miḵ·šō·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4383: A stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, a stumbling block

before
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

this
הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

people;
הָעָ֥ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

fathers
אָב֨וֹת (’ā·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1: Father

and sons
וּבָנִ֥ים (ū·ḇā·nîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

alike
יַחְדָּ֛ו (yaḥ·dāw)
Adverb
Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly

will be staggered;
וְכָ֣שְׁלוּ (wə·ḵā·šə·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall

friends
וְרֵע֖וֹ (wə·rê·‘ōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

and neighbors
שָׁכֵ֥ן (šā·ḵên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7934: A resident, a fellow-citizen

will perish.”
וְאָבָֽדוּ׃ (wə·’ā·ḇā·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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