Jeremiah 23:20

“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.”

Jeremiah 23:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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