Jeremiah 16:14

“Therefore look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when it will no longer be said: ‘As YHWH lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt,’”

Jeremiah 16:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 16:14, word by word

daysיָמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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are comingבָּאִיםbaim

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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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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be saidיֵאָמֵרyeamer

say

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

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livesחַיchay

as lives

The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.

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brought upהֶעֱלָהheela

bring up

To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".

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the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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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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from the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of Egypt,’מִצְרָיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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Translation note

16:14-15 is repeated almost unchanged in 23:7-8.

Places in this verse

JerusalemEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Egypt

    Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)

    A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.

    Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

13So I will hurl you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will not give you clemency.’

14 · This verse (above)

15but ‘As YHWH lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where he had driven them.’ And I will bring them back to their ground that I gave to their fathers.

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