But ifוְאִם‘the burdenמַשָּׂאof YHWH’יְהוָהyou say,תֹּאמֵרוּthereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהBecauseיַעַןyou have saidאֲמָרְכֶםthis word,אֶת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה‘The burdenמַשָּׂאof YHWH,’יְהוָהwhen I sentוָאֶשְׁלַחto you,אֲלֵיכֶםsaying,לֵאמֹר‘You shall notלֹאsay,תֹאמְרוּ“The burdenמַשָּׂאof YHWH,”’יְהוָה
Jeremiah 23:38
Study it in the app“But if ‘the burden of YHWH’ you say, therefore thus says YHWH: Because you have said this word, ‘The burden of YHWH,’ when I sent to you, saying, ‘You shall not say, “The burden of YHWH,”’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:38, word by word
- ‘the burdenמַשָּׂאmasa
oracle
A weighty message from God that a prophet carries, an oracle.
Where else “masa” appears- of YHWH’יְהוָהyehva
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- you sayתֹּאמֵרוּtomeru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomeru” appears- this wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- when I sentאֶשְׁלַחeshlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “eshlach” appears
The context
37Thus you shall say to the prophet, ‘What has YHWH answered you?’ and ‘What has YHWH spoken?’
38 · This verse (above)
39therefore, look, I will utterly forget you, and I will abandon you, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, casting you out of my presence.