Jeremiah 16:19

“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.””

Jeremiah 16:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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