Jeremiah 23:7

“Therefore, look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when they will no longer say, ‘As YHWH lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’”

Jeremiah 23:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 23:7, word by word

daysיָמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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are comingבָּאִיםbaim

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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.

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sayיֹאמְרוּyomru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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livesחַיchay

as lives

The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.

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brought upהֶעֱלָהheela

bring up

To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".

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the childrenבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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out of the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of Egypt,’מִצְרָיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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Translation note

23:7-8 repeats 16:14-15 almost word for word.

Places in this verse

JerusalemEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Egypt

    Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)

    A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.

    Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

6In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely; and this is his name by which they will call him: “YHWH, our righteousness.”

7 · This verse (above)

8but ‘As YHWH lives, who brought up and who brought the offspring of the house of Israel out of the land of the north and out of all the lands where I had driven them’; and they will dwell on their own ground.”

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