H9004–/כ–k

Send for the archers to come together against Babylon, all the bowmen; put up your tents against her on every side; let no one get away: give her the reward of her work; as she has done, so do to her: for she has been uplifted in pride against the Lord,

כְּפָעֳלָ֔הּ (כְּ) ke. “according to”כְּכֹ֛ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”

As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns were overturned by God, says the Lord, so no man will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.

כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֨ת (כְּ) ke. “like”

Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Babylon.

כַּיָּ֣ם (כַּ) ka “[will be] like the”כְּאִישׁ֙ (כְּ) ke. “like”

The king of Babylon has had news of them, and his hands have become feeble: trouble has come on him and pain like the pain of a woman in childbirth.

כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃ (כַּ) ka “like <the>”

See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make them go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his ca

כְּאַרְיֵ֞ה (כְּ) ke. “like”

The Lord of armies has taken an oath by himself, saying, Truly, I will make you full with men as with locusts, and their voices will be loud against you.

כַּיֶּ֔לֶק (כַּ) ka “like <the>”

The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

כְאֵ֜לֶּה (כְ) khe. “[is] like”

Let a flag be lifted up in the land, let the horn be sounded among the nations, make the nations ready against her; get the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz together against her, make ready a scribe against her; let the horses come up against her

כְּיֶ֥לֶק (כְּ) ke. “like”

For these are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a grain-floor when it is stamped down; before long, the time of her grain-cutting will come.

כְּגֹ֖רֶן (כְּ) ke. “[will be] like”

Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.

כַּתַּנִּ֔ין (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

They will be crying out together like lions, their voices will be like the voices of young lions.

כַּכְּפִרִ֣ים (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”כְּגוֹרֵ֥י (כְּ) ke. “like”

I will make them go down to death like lambs, like he-goats together.

כְּכָרִ֣ים (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּאֵילִ֖ים (כְּ) ke. “like”

For the Lord is making Babylon waste, and putting an end to the great voice coming out of her; and her waves are thundering like great waters, their voice is sounding loud:

כְּמַ֣יִם (כְּ) ke. “like”

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, see that you give them all these words;

כְּבֹאֲךָ֣ (כְּ) ke. “when”

And it will be that, when you have come to an end of reading this book, you are to have a stone fixed to it, and have it dropped into the Euphrates:

כְּכַלֹּ֣תְךָ֔ (כְּ) ke. “when”

And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.

כְּכֹ֥ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And there was a crown of brass on it: the crown was five cubits high, circled with a network and apples all of brass; and the second pillar had the same.

וְכָאֵ֛לֶּה (כָ) kha. “like”

See her seated by herself, the town which was full of people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced work!

כְּאַלְמָנָ֑ה (כְּ) ke. “like”

And all her glory has gone from the daughter of Zion: her rulers have become like harts with no place for food, and they have gone in flight without strength before the attacker.

כְּאַיָּלִים֙ (כְּ) ke. “like”

Come to me, all you who go by! Keep your eyes on me, and see if there is any pain like the pain of my wound, which the Lord has sent on me in the day of his burning wrath.

כְּמַכְאֹבִ֔י (כְּ) ke. “like”

See, O Lord, for I am in trouble; the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved; my heart is turned in me; for I have been uncontrolled: outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death.

כַּמָּֽוֶת׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

In his burning wrath every horn of Israel has been cut off; his right hand has been turned back before the attacker: he has put a fire in Jacob, causing destruction round about.

כְּאֵ֣שׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.

כְּאוֹיֵ֗ב (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּצָ֔ר (כְּ) ke. “like”כָּאֵ֖שׁ (כָּ) ka. “like <the>”

The Lord has become like one fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel; he has sent destruction on all her great houses, making waste his strong places: increasing the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.

כְּאוֹיֵב֙ (כְּ) ke. “like”