Jeremiah 15:6

“You have abandoned me, declares YHWH; backward you go; so I stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you; I am weary of relenting.”

Jeremiah 15:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 15:6, word by word

have abandoned meנָטַשְׁתְּnatasht

abandon

To turn away from someone or something and leave it behind.

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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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backwardאָחוֹרachor

behind

The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.

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you goתֵּלֵכִיtelechi

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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so I stretched outאַטat

stretch out

To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.

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my handיָדִyadi

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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and destroyed youאַשְׁחִיתֵashchite

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

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I am wearyנִלְאֵיתִיnileti

grow weary

To grow weary of something or have had enough of it.

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of relentingהִנָּחֵםhinachem

relent

God gives up the evil he announced and leaves it unfulfilled.

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The context

5For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? And who will grieve for you? And who will turn aside to ask about your peace?

6 · This verse (above)

7And I winnowed them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land; I bereaved them, I destroyed my people; from their ways they did not turn back.

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