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Jeremiah 18:13

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Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
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  1. Jeremiah 5:30Rank 1 from verse 13
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    30¶ A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

  2. Hosea 6:10Rank 2 from verse 13
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    10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

  3. Isaiah 66:8Rank 3 from verse 13
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    8Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

  4. Jeremiah 2:10–13Rank 4 from verse 13
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    10For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

    11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

    12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.

    13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

  5. Jeremiah 23:14Rank 5 from verse 13
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    14I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

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Jeremiah 18:13

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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heathen

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A Gentile or nation outside Israel; one associated with the worship of other gods.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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virgin

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Sense 1: A person who has not had sexual intercourse. Sense 2: Figuratively, a chaste person or a city or people portrayed as a maiden.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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very

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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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horrible

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Exciting or tending to excite horror; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

13Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

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14Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

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