And you will let it drop,וְשָׁמַטְתָּהeven by yourself,וּבְךָyour inheritanceמִנַּחֲלָתְךָthatאֲשֶׁרI gave you;נָתַתִּי לָךְand I will make you serveוְהַעֲבַדְתִּיךָyour enemiesאֶת אֹיְבֶיךָin the landבָּאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרyou do notלֹאknow;יָדָעְתָּforכִּיa fireאֵשׁyou have kindledקְדַחְתֶּםin my anger;בְּאַפִּיforeverעַד עוֹלָםit will burn.תּוּקָד
Jeremiah 17:4
Study it in the app“And you will let it drop, even by yourself, your inheritance that I gave you; and I will make you serve your enemies in the land that you do not know; for a fire you have kindled in my anger; forever it will burn.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 17:4, word by word
- And you will let it dropשָׁמַטְתָּהshamatta
release
To free, cancel debts, give the land a break.
Where else “shamatta” appears- your inheritanceנַּחֲלָתְnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears- I gave youנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- and I will make you serveהַעֲבַדְתִּיhaavadti
enslave
To make others serve, enslave.
Where else “haavadti” appears- your enemiesאֹיְבֶיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- knowיָדָעְתָּyadata
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appears- a fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- you have kindledקְדַחְתֶּםkedachtem
be kindled
Be kindled, catch fire.
Where else “kedachtem” appears- in my angerאַפִּapi
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “api” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- it will burnתּוּקָדtukad
burn
To burn and stay alive like a fire that does not go out.
Where else “tukad” appears
Translation note
“Let drop” is the verb of the year of release, when the land was left to rest (Exodus 23:11; Deuteronomy 15:2).
The context
3My mountain in the field, your wealth, all your treasures, as plunder I will give, your high places, because of sin, in all your territory.
4 · This verse (above)
5Thus says YHWH: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart turns away from YHWH.