Jeremiah 17:15

“Look, they say to me: “Where is the word of YHWH? Let it come now!””

Jeremiah 17:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 17:15, word by word

sayאֹמְרִיםomrim

say

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

Where else “omrim” appears
is the wordדְבַרdevar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “devar” appears
of 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
Let it comeיָבוֹאyavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “yavo” appears

The context

14Heal me, YHWH, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved; for my praise are you.

15 · This verse (above)

16But I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you, and the day beyond remedy I have not desired; you know it; what comes out of my lips has been before your face.

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