YHWH,יְהוָהmy strengthעֻזִּיand my strongholdוּמָעֻזִּיand my place to fleeוּמְנוּסִיin the dayבְּיוֹםof distress,צָרָהto youאֵלֶיךָnationsגּוֹיִםwill comeיָבֹאוּfrom the endsמֵאַפְסֵיof the earthאָרֶץand say:וְיֹאמְרוּ“Surelyאַךְour fathersאֲבוֹתֵינוּinheritedנָחֲלוּfalsehood,שֶׁקֶרvapor,הֶבֶלand there is noוְאֵיןprofitמוֹעִילin them.”בָּם
Jeremiah 16:19
Study it in the app“YHWH, my strength and my stronghold and my place to flee in the day of distress, to you nations will come from the ends of the earth and say: “Surely our fathers inherited falsehood, vapor, and there is no profit in them.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 16:19, word by word
- 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- my strengthעֻזִּuzi
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “uzi” appears- and my strongholdמָעֻזִּmauzi
bulwark
YHWH, the safe place of his people.
Where else “mauzi” appears- and my place to fleeמְנוּסִmenusi
refuge
Place to flee to, refuge.
Where else “menusi” appears- in the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of distressצָרָהtsara
distress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsara” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- will comeיָבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- from the endsאַפְסֵיafse
end
The limit: "the far reaches of the earth".
Where else “afse” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- and sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- our fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- inheritedנָחֲלוּnachalu
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “nachalu” appears- falsehoodשֶׁקֶרsheker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appears- vaporהֶבֶלhevel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevel” appears- profitמוֹעִילmoil
profit, be useful
To profit, to be of use, to serve for something.
Where else “moil” appears
The context
18And I will repay first double their iniquity and their sin, because they have profaned my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and with their abominations they have filled my inheritance.”
19 · This verse (above)
20Can a human being make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods.