whichאֲשֶׁרI commandedצִוִּיתִיyour fathersאֶת אֲבוֹתֵיכֶםon the dayבְּיוֹםI brought them outהוֹצִיאִי אוֹתָםof the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםfrom the furnaceמִכּוּרof iron,הַבַּרְזֶלsaying:לֵאמֹר“Listenשִׁמְעוּto my voice,בְקוֹלִיand do themוַעֲשִׂיתֶם אוֹתָםaccording to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרI command you;אֲצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶםand you will beוִהְיִיתֶםto meלִיa people,לְעָםand Iוְאָנֹכִיwill beאֶהְיֶהto youלָכֶםElohim,”לֵאלֹהִים
Jeremiah 11:4
Study it in the app“which I commanded your fathers on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the furnace of iron, saying: “Listen to my voice, and do them according to all that I command you; and you will be to me a people, and I will be to you Elohim,””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 11:4, word by word
- I commandedצִוִּיתִיtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears- your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- I brought them outהוֹצִיאִhotsii
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsii” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- from the furnaceכּוּרkur
furnace
Furnace: a furnace for smelting metals. "Iron furnace" is an image of very harsh suffering.
Where else “kur” appears- of ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Listenשִׁמְעוּshimu
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shimu” appears- to my voiceקוֹלִkoli
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “koli” appears- and do themעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asitem” appears- and you will beהְיִיתֶםheyitem
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heyitem” appears- a peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears
Translation note
“Furnace of iron” is also what Deuteronomy 4:20 and 1 Kings 8:51 say.
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
3And say to them: ‘Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: Cursed be the man who does not hear the words of this covenant,
4 · This verse (above)
5so as to fulfill the oath that I swore to your fathers to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.’” And I answered and said: “Amen, YHWH.”