Jeremiah 15:20

“And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; and they will fight against you, but they will not prevail over you, for with you am I to save you and to rescue you, declares YHWH.”

Jeremiah 15:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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".

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to this peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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a fortifiedבְּצוּרָהbetsura

fortify

To surround a city with walls.

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wallחוֹמַתchomat

wall

Wall, city wall.

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of bronzeנְחֹשֶׁתnechoshet

bronze

Bronze, or things made of bronze.

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and they will fightנִלְחֲמוּnilchamu

fight

To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.

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prevailיוּכְלוּyuchlu

prevail

To come out victorious against someone stronger or greater.

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to save youהוֹשִׁיעֲhoshia

save

To rescue someone from danger.

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and to rescue youהַצִּילֶhatsile

rescue

To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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.

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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.”

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