Jeremiah 6:26
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

Young's Literal Translation
O daughter of My people, Gird on sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes, The mourning of an only one make for thee, A lamentation most bitter, For suddenly come doth the spoiler against us.

King James Bible
O daughter of my people, gird [thee] with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, [as for] an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

Hebrew
“O daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

of My people,
עַמִּ֤י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

dress
חִגְרִי־ (ḥiḡ·rî-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 2296: To gird, gird on, gird oneself

yourselves in sackcloth
שָׂק֙ (śāq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag

and roll
וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁ֣י (wə·hiṯ·pal·lə·šî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 6428: (act of mourning) perhaps to roll in

in ashes.
בָאֵ֔פֶר (ḇā·’ê·p̄er)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 665: Ashes

Mourn
אֵ֤בֶל (’ê·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 60: Lamentation

with bitter
תַּמְרוּרִ֑ים (tam·rū·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8563: Bitterness

wailing,
מִסְפַּ֖ד (mis·paḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4553: A lamentation

as you would
עֲשִׂ֣י (‘ă·śî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

for an only son,
יָחִיד֙ (yā·ḥîḏ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3173: United, sole, beloved, lonely, the life

for
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

suddenly
פִתְאֹ֔ם (p̄iṯ·’ōm)
Adverb
Strong's 6597: Suddenness, suddenly

the destroyer
הַשֹּׁדֵ֖ד (haš·šō·ḏêḏ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7703: To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin

will come
יָבֹ֥א (yā·ḇō)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

upon us.”
עָלֵֽינוּ׃ (‘ā·lê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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