Jeremiah 15:12

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The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.	Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?	Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Shall iron^H1270 break^H7489 the northern^H6828 iron^H1270 and the steel^H5178?

Original Hebrew

הֲיָרֹעַ בַּרְזֶל ׀ בַּרְזֶל מִצָּפֹון וּנְחֹשֶׁת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הֲ/יָרֹ֨עַ	ha./ya.Ro.a'	H7489	HTi/Vqi3ms	¿/ will it break
בַּרְזֶ֧ל	bar.Zel	H1270	HNcmsa	iron
בַּרְזֶ֛ל	bar.Zel	H1270	HNcmsa	iron
מִ/צָּפ֖וֹן	mi./tza.Fon	H6828	HR/Ncfsa	from/ (the) north
וּ/נְחֹֽשֶׁת	u./ne.Cho.shet	H5178	HC/Ncfsa	and/ bronze

Strong's References

H1270 — בַּרְזֶל (barzel, bar-zel'): perhaps from the root of בִּרְזוֹת (Birzôwth) H1269; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement; (ax) head, iron.
H5178 — נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth, nekh-o'-sheth): for נְחוּשָׁה (nᵉchûwshâh) H5154; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver); brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
H6828 — צָפוֹן (tsâphôwn, tsaw-fone'): or צָפֹן (tsâphôn); from צָפַן (tsâphan) H6845; properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown); north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).
H7489 — רָעַע (râʻaʻ, raw-ah'): a primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally); afflict, associate selves (by mistake for רָעָה (râʻâh) H7462), break (down, in pieces), [phrase] displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for רָעָה (râʻâh) H7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, [idiom] indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

Shall iron — Job 40:9, Isaiah 45:9, Jeremiah 1:18-19, Jeremiah 21:4-5, Habakkuk 1:5-10

Reciprocal references (2): Daniel 2:40, 1 John 5:15

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