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Is notהֲלוֹאmy wordדְבָרִיthus,כֹהlike fire,כָּאֵשׁdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהand like a hammerוּכְפַטִּישׁthat shattersיְפֹצֵץrock?סָלַע
Jeremiah 23:29
Study it in the app“Is not my word thus, like fire, declares YHWH, and like a hammer that shatters rock?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:29, word by word
- my wordדְבָרִdevari
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devari” appears- like fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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- and like a hammerפַטִּישׁfatish
hammer
A hammer.
Where else “fatish” appears- that shattersיְפֹצֵץyefotsets
shatter
To break something hard into pieces.
Where else “yefotsets” appears- rockסָלַעsala
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “sala” appears
The context
28The prophet who has a dream, let him tell the dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What has the straw to do with the grain? declares YHWH.
29 · This verse (above)
30Therefore, look, I am against the prophets, declares YHWH, who steal my words each from his neighbor.