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Be appalled,שֹׁמּוּheavens,שָׁמַיִםat this,עַל זֹאתand shudder,וְשַׂעֲרוּbe utterly desolate,חָרְבוּ מְאֹדdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 2:12
Study it in the app“Be appalled, heavens, at this, and shudder, be utterly desolate, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 2:12, word by word
- Be appalledשֹׁמּוּshomu
be appalled
To be struck with dread at the ruin.
Where else “shomu” appears- heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and shudderשַׂעֲרוּsaaru
bristle
To have one's hair stand on end in horror.
Where else “saaru” appears- be utterly desolateחָרְבוּcharvu
lie in ruins
To be left in ruins.
Where else “charvu” appears- be utterly desolateמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- 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
The context
11Has a nation changed gods, even though they are not gods? But my people has changed its glory for what does not profit.
12 · This verse (above)
13For two evils my people has done: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold the water.