Jeremiah 10:25

“Pour out your fury on the nations that do not know you, and on the families that do not call on your name; for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him, and his abode they have laid waste.”

Jeremiah 10:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 10:25, word by word

Pour outשְׁפֹךְshefoch

spill

To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.

Where else “shefoch” appears
your furyחֲמָתְchamat

fury

Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.

Where else “chamat” appears
on the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
know youיְדָעוּyedau

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

Where else “yedau” appears
the familiesמִשְׁפָּחוֹתmishpachot

family

A group of relatives within a tribe.

Where else “mishpachot” appears
callקָרָאוּkarau

cry out

To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.

Where else “karau” appears
on your nameשִׁמְshim

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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they have devouredאָכְלוּachlu

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

Where else “achlu” appears
Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

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and consumed himיְכַלֻּyechalu

destroy

To put an end to something, destroy it.

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and his abodeנָוֵnave

abode

A place to live.

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they have laid wasteהֵשַׁמּוּheshamu

be desolate

To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.

Where else “heshamu” appears

Translation note

Almost the same words in Psalm 79:6-7.

The context

24Correct me, YHWH, but with justice, not in your anger, lest you reduce me.

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