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But they will say:וְאָמְרוּ‘It is hopeless!נוֹאָשׁForכִּיafterאַחֲרֵיour own plansמַחְשְׁבוֹתֵינוּwe will walk,נֵלֵךְand each oneוְאִישׁthe stubbornnessשְׁרִרוּתof his evilהָרָעheartלִבּוֹwe will do.’נַעֲשֶׂה
Jeremiah 18:12
Study it in the app“But 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.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 18:12, word by word
- But they will sayאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- ‘It is hopelessנוֹאָשׁnoash
despair
To give up, to despair, to lose hope of attaining something.
Where else “noash” appears- our own plansמַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיmachshvote
plan
What one devises; or a trap against someone.
Where else “machshvote” appears- we will walkנֵלֵךְnelech
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “nelech” appears- and each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- the stubbornnessשְׁרִרוּתsherirut
stubbornness
Stubbornness: the hardness of one who follows only his own opinion.
Where else “sherirut” appears- of his evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- we will do.’נַעֲשֶׂהnaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naase” appears
The context
11And 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.’
12 · This verse (above)
13Therefore thus says YHWH: Ask, now, among the nations: Who has heard the like of these? A very horrible thing has done the virgin of Israel.