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Deceitfulעָקֹבis the heartהַלֵּבabove all things,מִכֹּלand beyond remedyוְאָנֻשׁit is;הוּאwhoמִיcan know it?יֵדָעֶנּוּ
Jeremiah 17:9
Study it in the app“Deceitful is the heart above all things, and beyond remedy it is; who can know it?”
Jeremiah warns how deceitful the human heart can beTemptation
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 17:9, word by word
- Deceitfulעָקֹבakov
deceitful
One who lies and betrays; he cannot be trusted.
Where else “akov” appears- is the heartלֵּבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- and beyond remedyאָנֻשׁanush
be incurable, be sick
To be desperately sick, beyond remedy; figuratively, to be in despair.
Where else “anush” appears- can know itיֵדָעֶyedae
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yedae” appears
Translation note
“Deceitful” (עָקֹב) is from the same root as the name Jacob (cf. 9:4).
The context
8And he will be like a tree planted by the waters, and by the stream it sends out its roots; and it will not see when heat comes, and its leaf will be flourishing; and in the year of drought it will not be anxious, nor cease from bearing fruit.
9 · This verse (above)
10I, YHWH, search the heart, I test the kidneys, to give to each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.