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Forכִּיwhoמִיhas stoodעָמַדin the councilבְּסוֹדof YHWHיְהוָהand has seenוְיֵרֶאand heardוְיִשְׁמַעhis word?אֶת דְּבָרוֹWhoמִיhas paid attention toהִקְשִׁיבhis wordדְּבָרוֹand heard it?וַיִּשְׁמָע
Jeremiah 23:18
Study it in the app“For 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?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:18, word by word
- has stoodעָמַדamad
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amad” appears- in the councilסוֹדsod
circle
The circle of people who gather to talk or to make merry.
Where else “sod” 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- and has seenיֵרֶאyere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yere” appears- and heardיִשְׁמַעyishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appears- his wordדְּבָרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- has paid attention toהִקְשִׁיבhikshiv
pay attention, listen
To pay attention, to listen carefully, to prick up the ears. It is more than hearing: it is heeding what is said.
Where else “hikshiv” appears
The context
17They 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.’
18 · This verse (above)
19Look, the storm of YHWH, fury, has gone out, and a whirling tempest; on the head of the wicked it will whirl.