Thereforeלָכֵןlook,הִנֵּהdaysיָמִיםare coming,בָּאִיםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהwhen it will noוְלֹאlongerעוֹדbe said:יֵאָמֵר‘As YHWHיְהוָהlives,חַיwhoאֲשֶׁרbrought upהֶעֱלָהthe sonsאֶת בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,’מִצְרָיִם
Jeremiah 16:14
Study it in the app“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,’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 16:14, word by word
- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- are comingבָּאִיםbaim
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” 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- be saidיֵאָמֵרyeamer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yeamer” appears- livesחַיchay
as lives
The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.
Where else “chay” appears- brought upהֶעֱלָהheela
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heela” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egypt,’מִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Translation note
16:14-15 is repeated almost unchanged in 23:7-8.
Places in this verse
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).
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.