Jeremiah 12:15

“And it will be, after I have uprooted them, I will turn back and have compassion on them, and I will bring them back, each to his inheritance and each to his land.”

Jeremiah 12:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 12:15, word by word

And it will beהָיָהhaya

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

Where else “haya” appears
I have uprooted themנָתְשִׁnatshi

uproot

Uproot, tear out of its place.

Where else “natshi” appears
I will turn backאָשׁוּבashuv

return

To go back to a place.

Where else “ashuv” appears
and have compassion on themרִחַמְתִּיrichamti

have compassion

To feel tenderness for someone, like a mother for her child.

Where else “richamti” appears
eachאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
to his inheritanceנַחֲלָתnachalat

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

Where else “nachalat” appears
to his landאַרְצarts

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arts” appears

The context

14Thus says YHWH concerning all my evil neighbors who touch the inheritance that I gave as an inheritance to my people Israel: “Look, I am uprooting them from their ground, and the house of Judah I will uproot from among them.

15 · This verse (above)

16And it will be, if they really learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As YHWH lives,’ just as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up in the midst of my people.

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