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Therefore,לָכֵןlook, I amהִנְנִיagainst the prophets,עַל הַנְּבִאִיםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהwho stealמְגַנְּבֵיmy wordsדְבָרַיeachאִישׁfromמֵאֵתhis neighbor.רֵעֵהוּ
Jeremiah 23:30
Study it in the app“Therefore, look, I am against the prophets, declares YHWH, who steal my words each from his neighbor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:30, word by word
- against the prophetsנְּבִאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” 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- who stealמְגַנְּבֵיmeganve
steal
To steal something, or kidnap someone.
Where else “meganve” appears- my wordsדְבָרַdevara
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devara” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears
The context
29Is not my word thus, like fire, declares YHWH, and like a hammer that shatters rock?
30 · This verse (above)
31Look, I am against the prophets, declares YHWH, who take their tongues and declare, ‘He declares.’