Jeremiah 22:23

JPS-1917

(ישבתי) [יֹשַׁבְתְּ֙] בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן (מקננתי) [מְקֻנַּ֖נְתְּ] בָּאֲרָזִ֑ים מַה־נֵּחַנְתְּ֙ בְּבֹא־לָ֣ךְ חֲבָלִ֔ים חִ֖יל כַּיֹּלֵדָֽה׃

O inhabitant of Lebanon, That art nestled in the cedars, How gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, The pain as of a woman in travail!

— Jeremiah 22:23, JPS 1917

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Other Translations

MASORETIC

(ישבתי) [יֹשַׁבְתְּ֙] בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן (מקננתי) [מְקֻנַּ֖נְתְּ] בָּאֲרָזִ֑ים מַה־נֵּחַנְתְּ֙ בְּבֹא־לָ֣ךְ חֲבָלִ֔ים חִ֖יל כַּיֹּלֵדָֽה׃

KOREN

O inhabitant of Levanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how pitiable shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!