Jeremiah 3:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.

Young's Literal Translation
A voice on high places is heard—weeping, Supplications of the sons of Israel, For they have made perverse their way, They have forgotten Jehovah their God.

King James Bible
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping [and] supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, [and] they have forgotten the LORD their God.

Hebrew
A voice
ק֚וֹל (qō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

is heard
נִשְׁמָ֔ע (niš·mā‘)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the barren heights,
שְׁפָיִ֣ים (šə·p̄ā·yîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8205: Bareness, a smooth or bare height

the children
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

weeping
בְּכִ֥י (bə·ḵî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1065: A weeping, a dripping

and begging for mercy,
תַחֲנוּנֵ֖י (ṯa·ḥă·nū·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 8469: Supplication for favor

because
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they have perverted
הֶעֱוּוּ֙ (he·‘ĕw·wū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5753: To bend, twist

their ways
דַּרְכָּ֔ם (dar·kām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

[and] forgotten
שָׁכְח֖וּ (šā·ḵə·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention

the LORD
יְהֹוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

their God.
אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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