Jeremiah 13:12

“And you will say to them this word: ‘Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: Every jar will be filled with wine.’ And they will say to you: ‘Do we not know very well that every jar will be filled with wine?’”

Jeremiah 13:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 13:12, word by word

And you will sayאָמַרְתָּamarta

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amarta” appears
this wordדָּבָרdavar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “davar” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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jarנֵבֶלnevel

skin bottle

A vessel of leather or clay in which wine was kept.

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will be filledיִמָּלֵאyimale

fill

To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.

Where else “yimale” appears
with wine.’יָיִןyayin

wine

Wine; also drunkenness.

Where else “yayin” appears
know very wellיָדֹעַyadoa

know

To know something, realize.

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The context

11For as the belt clings to the loins of a man, so I made cling to me all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah, declares YHWH, to be to me a people, and a name and praise and beauty; but they did not listen.

12 · This verse (above)

13Then you will say to them: ‘Thus says YHWH: Look, I am filling all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings who sit for David on his throne, and the priests and the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

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