and say,וְאָמַרְתָּ‘Hearשִׁמְעוּthe wordדְבַרof YHWH,יְהוָהkingsמַלְכֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהand inhabitantsוְיֹשְׁבֵיof Jerusalem!יְרוּשָׁלִָםThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלLook, Iהִנְנִיam bringingמֵבִיאevilרָעָהon this placeעַל הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּהsuch that everyoneאֲשֶׁר כָּלwho hears of it,שֹׁמְעָהּhis earsאָזְנָיוwill tingle,תִּצַּלְנָה
Jeremiah 19:3
Study it in the app“and say, ‘Hear the word of YHWH, kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Look, I am bringing evil on this place such that everyone who hears of it, his ears will tingle,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 19:3, word by word
- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- ‘Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
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” appears- and inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- am bringingמֵבִיאmevi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appears- evilרָעָהraa
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raa” appears- on this placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- his earsאָזְנָיaznay
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “aznay” appears- will tingleתִּצַּלְנָהtitsalna
tingle
Tingle, ring: the sound left in the ears on hearing something that makes one shudder; also quiver (of lips).
Where else “titsalna” appears
Translation note
The same words in 1 Samuel 3:11 and 2 Kings 21:12.
Places in this verse
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).
The context
2and go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is at the entrance of the gate of the Potsherds, and proclaim there the words that I speak to you;
3 · This verse (above)
4because they have forsaken me and made this place foreign and burned incense in it to other gods whom they did not know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place with the blood of innocents,