Jeremiah 21:13

“Look, I am against you, inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain, declares YHWH, you who say, “Who will come down against us? And who will enter into our dwellings?””

Jeremiah 21:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 21:13, word by word

inhabitantיֹשֶׁבֶתyoshevet

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yoshevet” appears
of the valleyעֵמֶקemek

valley

Valley, broad low plain.

Where else “emek” appears
rockצוּרtsur

rock

A large rock.

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of the plainמִּישֹׁרmishor

plain

Ground without hills.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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.

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you who sayאֹמְרִיםomrim

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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will come downיֵחַתyechat

come down

To descend, or fall on someone.

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will enterיָבוֹאyavo

enter

To go into a place.

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into our dwellingsמְעוֹנוֹתֵיmeonote

dwelling

A place to live; God's people find it in God himself.

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The context

12house of David! Thus says YHWH: Judge justly in the morning, and rescue the one who is robbed from the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire and burn with no one to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.

13 · This verse (above)

14And I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, declares YHWH; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it will devour all that is around her.’”

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