The angerאַףof YHWHיְהוָהwill notלֹאturn backיָשׁוּבuntilעַדhe has doneעֲשֹׂתוֹand untilוְעַדhe has carried outהֲקִימוֹthe purposesמְזִמּוֹתof his heart;לִבּוֹin the lastבְּאַחֲרִיתdaysהַיָּמִיםyou will understandתִּתְבּוֹנְנוּitבָהּwith understanding.בִּינָה
Jeremiah 23:20
Study it in the app“The anger of YHWH will not turn back until he has done and until he has carried out the purposes of his heart; in the last days you will understand it with understanding.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:20, word by word
- The angerאַףaf
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “af” 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- turn backיָשׁוּבyashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuv” appears- he has doneעֲשֹׂתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- he has carried outהֲקִימhakim
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “hakim” appears- the purposesמְזִמּוֹתmezimot
plan
What one plots, often evil.
Where else “mezimot” appears- of his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- in the lastאַחֲרִיתacharit
future
The time that comes after, what awaits someone further on.
Where else “acharit” appears- daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- you will understandתִּתְבּוֹנְנוּtitbonnu
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “titbonnu” appears- with understandingבִּינָהbina
understanding
Understanding: the ability to comprehend and to tell one thing from another.
Where else “bina” appears
The context
19Look, the storm of YHWH, fury, has gone out, and a whirling tempest; on the head of the wicked it will whirl.
20 · This verse (above)
21I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.