Study it in the app“And now, say, please, to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: ‘Thus says YHWH: Look, I am forming against you evil, and devising against you a plan. Turn back, please, each one from his evil way, and make good your ways and your deeds.’”
And now,וְעַתָּהsay,אֱמָרplease,נָאto the menאֶל אִישׁof Judahיְהוּדָהand to the inhabitantsוְעַל יוֹשְׁבֵיof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםsaying:לֵאמֹר‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהLook,הִנֵּהIאָנֹכִיam formingיוֹצֵרagainst youעֲלֵיכֶםevil,רָעָהand devisingוְחֹשֵׁבagainst youעֲלֵיכֶםa plan.מַחֲשָׁבָהTurn back,שׁוּבוּplease,נָאeach oneאִישׁfrom his evilהָרָעָהway,מִדַּרְכּוֹand make goodוְהֵיטִיבוּyour waysדַרְכֵיכֶםand your deeds.’וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emar” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsYHWH
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” appearsmold
To mold, as God molded man from dust.
Where else “yotser” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsdevise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “choshev” appearsplan
What one devises; or a trap against someone.
Where else “machashava” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuvu” appearsmanner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “dark” appearsdo good
To act rightly, or mend one's ways.
Where else “hetivu” appearsdeeds, doings
Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.
Where else “maalle” appears“Forming” is the potter's verb (18:2-6).
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
10but if it does what is evil in my eyes, so as not to listen to my voice, I will relent concerning the good that I said I would do for it.
11 · This verse (above)
12But they will say: ‘It is hopeless! For after our own plans we will walk, and each one the stubbornness of his evil heart we will do.’
