And I will make youוּנְתַתִּיךָto this peopleלָעָם הַזֶּהa fortifiedבְּצוּרָהwallלְחוֹמַתof bronze;נְחֹשֶׁתand they will fightוְנִלְחֲמוּagainst you,אֵלֶיךָbut they will notוְלֹאprevailיוּכְלוּover you,לָךְforכִּיwith youאִתְּךָam Iאֲנִיto save youלְהוֹשִׁיעֲךָand to rescue you,וּלְהַצִּילֶךָdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 15:20
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Jeremiah 15:20, word by word
- And I will make youנְתַתִּיnetati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netati” appears- to this peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- a fortifiedבְּצוּרָהbetsura
fortify
To surround a city with walls.
Where else “betsura” appears- wallחוֹמַתchomat
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomat” appears- of bronzeנְחֹשֶׁתnechoshet
bronze
Bronze, or things made of bronze.
Where else “nechoshet” appears- and they will fightנִלְחֲמוּnilchamu
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilchamu” appears- prevailיוּכְלוּyuchlu
prevail
To come out victorious against someone stronger or greater.
Where else “yuchlu” appears- to save youהוֹשִׁיעֲhoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “hoshia” appears- and to rescue youהַצִּילֶhatsile
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsile” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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
Translation note
Cf. the promise of the call, 1:18-19.
The context
19Therefore thus says YHWH: “If you turn back, I will bring you back; before me you will stand; and if you bring out what is precious from what is vile, you will be as my mouth. Let them turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
20 · This verse (above)
21And I will rescue you from the hand of the evil, and I will ransom you from the palm of the tyrants.”