Jeremiah 23:22

“But if they had stood in my council, then they would have made my people hear my words, and they would have turned them back from their evil way and from the evil of their deeds.”

Jeremiah 23:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 23:22, word by word

they had stoodעָמְדוּamdu

stand

To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.

Where else “amdu” appears
in my councilסוֹדִsodi

circle

The circle of people who gather to talk or to make merry.

Where else “sodi” appears
my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “ami” appears
hearיַשְׁמִעוּyashmiu

obey

To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.

Where else “yashmiu” appears
my wordsדְבָרַdevara

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “devara” appears
and they would have turned them backישִׁבוּyshivu

turn back

To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.

Where else “yshivu” appears
from their evil wayדַּרְכָּdarka

manner

The way one lives and acts.

Where else “darka” appears
from their evil wayרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “ra” appears
and from the evilרֹעַroa

evil

The wickedness of deeds or the heart.

Where else “roa” appears
of their deedsמַעַלְלֵיmaalle

deeds, doings

Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.

Where else “maalle” appears

The context

21I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

22 · This verse (above)

23Am I an Elohim near at hand, declares YHWH, and not an Elohim far off?

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