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And I will raise upוַהֲקִמֹתִיover themעֲלֵיהֶםshepherds,רֹעִיםand they will shepherd them,וְרָעוּםand they will noוְלֹאlongerעוֹדfear,יִירְאוּnorוְלֹאbe dismayed,יֵחַתּוּnorוְלֹאwill any be missing,יִפָּקֵדוּdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 23:4
Study it in the app“And I will raise up over them shepherds, and they will shepherd them, and they will no longer fear, nor be dismayed, nor will any be missing, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:4, word by word
- And I will raise upהֲקִמֹתִיhakimoti
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hakimoti” appears- shepherdsרֹעִיםroim
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roim” appears- fearיִירְאוּyiru
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “yiru” appears- be dismayedיֵחַתּוּyechatu
be dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “yechatu” appears- will any be missingיִפָּקֵדוּyipakedu
be missing
To find something gone.
Where else “yipakedu” 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
The context
3And I will gather the remnant of my sheep out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their abode, and they will be fruitful and multiply.
4 · This verse (above)
5Look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will raise up for David a righteous sprout, and he will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land.