Jeremiah 17:16

“But 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.”

Jeremiah 17:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 17:16, word by word

hurriedאַצְתִּיatsti

hurry

To do something too fast.

Where else “atsti” appears
from being a shepherdרֹעֶהroe

shepherd

One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.

Where else “roe” appears
and the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
beyond remedyאָנוּשׁanush

be incurable, be sick

To be desperately sick, beyond remedy; figuratively, to be in despair.

Where else “anush” appears
desiredהִתְאַוֵּיתִיhitaveti

crave, desire

Desire strongly, crave something.

Where else “hitaveti” appears
know itיָדָעְתָּyadata

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “yadata” appears
what comes outמוֹצָאmotsa

utterance

What comes out of the mouth.

Where else “motsa” appears
of my lipsשְׂפָתַsefata

lip

The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.

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has beenהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
before your faceנֹכַחnochach

opposite

On the opposite side, facing something.

Where else “nochach” appears
before your faceפָּנֶיpane

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “pane” appears

The context

15Look, they say to me: “Where is the word of YHWH? Let it come now!”

16 · This verse (above)

17Do not be to me a terror; my refuge are you in the day of evil.

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