They keep sayingאֹמְרִים אָמוֹרto those who despise me,לִמְנַאֲצַי‘YHWHיְהוָהhas spoken:דִּבֶּרYou will haveיִהְיֶה לָכֶםpeace’;שָׁלוֹםand to everyoneוְכֹלwho walksהֹלֵךְin the stubbornnessבִּשְׁרִרוּתof his heartלִבּוֹthey have said,אָמְרוּ‘Noלֹאevilרָעָהwill comeתָבוֹאupon you.’עֲלֵיכֶם
Jeremiah 23:17
Study it in the app“They keep saying to those who despise me, ‘YHWH has spoken: You will have peace’; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his heart they have said, ‘No evil will come upon you.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:17, word by word
- They keep sayingאֹמְרִיםomrim
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omrim” appears- to those who despise meמְנַאֲצַmenaatsa
despise
To turn away with scorn, as from YHWH.
Where else “menaatsa” 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- has spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- You will haveיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- peace’שָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- who walksהֹלֵךְholech
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “holech” appears- in the stubbornnessשְׁרִרוּתsherirut
stubbornness
Stubbornness: the hardness of one who follows only his own opinion.
Where else “sherirut” appears- of his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- will comeתָבוֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears
The context
16Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you; they are filling you with vapor; a vision of their own heart they speak, not from the mouth of YHWH.
17 · This verse (above)
18For who has stood in the council of YHWH and has seen and heard his word? Who has paid attention to his word and heard it?