Jeremiah 16:9

“For thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Look, I am making cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.”

Jeremiah 16:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 16:9, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

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

Where else “amar” 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
Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

Where else “tsevaot” appears
the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” 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.

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making ceaseמַשְׁבִּיתmashbit

put an end

To make something end, remove it.

Where else “mashbit” appears
from this placeמָּקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

Where else “makom” appears
before your eyesעֵינֵיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “ene” appears
and in your daysימֵיyme

time

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

Where else “yme” appears
the voiceקוֹלkol

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

Where else “kol” appears
of joyשָׂשׂוֹןsason

joy, gladness

Joy, lively gladness.

Where else “sason” appears
of gladnessשִׂמְחָהsimcha

joy

Joy, gladness, celebration.

Where else “simcha” appears
of the bridegroomחָתָןchatan

bridegroom

The man who is marrying or newly married.

Where else “chatan” appears
of the brideכַּלָּהkala

bride

A woman newly married.

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The context

8And a house of feasting do not enter to sit with them to eat and to drink.

9 · This verse (above)

10And it will be, when you tell this people all these words, and they say to you: ‘Why has YHWH spoken against us all this great evil? And what is our iniquity, and what is our sin that we have sinned against YHWH our Elohim?’

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