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ThereforeלָכֵןI will stillעֹדcontendאָרִיבwith you,אִתְּכֶםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהand with the childrenוְאֶת בְּנֵיof your childrenבְנֵיכֶםI will contend.אָרִיב
Jeremiah 2:9
Study it in the app“Therefore I will still contend with you, declares YHWH, and with the children of your children I will contend.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 2:9, word by word
- contendאָרִיבariv
plead
To argue a cause; YHWH accuses his people.
Where else “ariv” 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- and with the childrenבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears
The context
8The priests did not say, ‘Where is YHWH?’ And those who handle the instruction did not know me, and the shepherds transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and walked after what does not profit.
9 · This verse (above)
10For cross over to the coasts of Kittim and see, and send to Kedar and consider carefully, and see whether there has been anything like this.