Jeremiah 17:18

“Let my persecutors be put to shame, but let not me be put to shame; let them be terrified, but let not me be terrified; bring upon them the day of evil, and with double breaking break them.”

Jeremiah 17:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 17:18, word by word

Let my persecutorsרֹדְפַrodfa

pursue

To go after someone to catch them.

Where else “rodfa” appears
be put to shameיֵבֹשׁוּyevoshu

be disappointed

To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.

Where else “yevoshu” appears
be terrifiedיֵחַתּוּyechatu

be dismayed

To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.

Where else “yechatu” appears
bringהָבִיאhavi

bring

To bring something or someone.

Where else “havi” appears
the dayיוֹםyom

day

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

Where else “yom” appears
of evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “raa” appears
and with doubleמִשְׁנֶהmishne

double

Twice the amount.

Where else “mishne” appears
breakingשִׁבָּרוֹןshibaron

ruin

Breaking, ruin.

Where else “shibaron” appears
break themשָׁבְרֵshavre

break

To break something to pieces.

Where else “shavre” appears

The context

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

18 · This verse (above)

19Thus YHWH said to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the sons of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem,

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