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And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaid to me:יֹּאמֶר אֵלָי“Do notאַלprayתִּתְפַּלֵּלfor this peopleבְּעַד הָעָם הַזֶּהfor their good.לְטוֹבָה
Jeremiah 14:11
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to me: “Do not pray for this people for their good.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 14:11, word by word
- And 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- said to meיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- prayתִּתְפַּלֵּלtitpalel
pray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “titpalel” appears- for this peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- for their goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears
The context
10Thus says YHWH to this people: “So they have loved to wander; their feet they have not restrained; and YHWH does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.”
11 · This verse (above)
12When they fast, I am not listening to their cry; and when they offer up burnt offering and grain offering, I do not accept them; but by the sword and by famine and by pestilence I am consuming them.”