Jeremiah 16:5

“For thus says YHWH: Do not enter a house of funeral feasting, nor go to mourn, nor grieve for them, for I have withdrawn my peace from this people, declares YHWH, the loyal love and the compassion.”

Jeremiah 16:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 16:5, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

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

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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.

Where else “yehva” appears
enterתָּבוֹאtavo

enter

To go into a place.

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a houseבֵּיתbet

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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of funeral feastingמַרְזֵחַmarzeach

feast, mourning meal

A gathering for a meal: in Jeremiah, the meal of mourning; in Amos, a festive banquet.

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goתֵּלֵךְtelech

go

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

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to mournסְפּוֹדsepod

mourn, lament

Mourn, lament: wail over the dead with the customary signs of grief, such as beating the breast.

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grieveתָּנֹדtanod

sympathize

To show sorrow for someone and comfort him.

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I have withdrawnאָסַפְתִּיasafti

withdraw

To withdraw what was there before, such as peace or joy.

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my peaceשְׁלוֹמִshelomi

peace

Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.

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from this peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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the loyal loveחֶסֶדchesed

loyal love

God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.

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and the compassionרַחֲמִיםrachamim

compassion

A deep tenderness, like a mother's.

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Translation note

“Funeral feasting” (מַרְזֵחַ): a meal of mourning; in Amos 6:7 the same word is a festive banquet.

The context

4Of deaths from diseases they will die; they will not be mourned or buried; as dung on the face of the ground they will be; and by the sword and by famine they will be finished off; and their corpses will be food for the birds of the heavens and for the animals of the earth.

5 · This verse (above)

6And great and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, nor will people mourn for them, nor will anyone make incisions, nor shave himself bald for them.

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