butכִּי אִם‘As YHWHיְהוָהlives,חַיwhoאֲשֶׁרbrought upהֶעֱלָהand whoוַאֲשֶׁרbroughtהֵבִיאthe offspringאֶת זֶרַעof the houseבֵּיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלout of the landמֵאֶרֶץof the northצָפוֹנָהand out of allוּמִכֹּלthe landsהָאֲרָצוֹתwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםI had driven them’;הִדַּחְתִּיםand they will dwellוְיָשְׁבוּon their own ground.”עַל אַדְמָתָם
Jeremiah 23:8
Study it in the app“but ‘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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:8, word by word
- ‘As 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- livesחַיchay
as lives
The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.
Where else “chay” appears- brought upהֶעֱלָהheela
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heela” appears- broughtהֵבִיאhevi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “hevi” appears- the offspringזֶרַעzera
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appears- of the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- out of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the northצָפוֹנָtsafona
north
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears- I had driven them’הִדַּחְתִּיhidachti
banish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “hidachti” appears- and they will dwellיָשְׁבוּyashvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashvu” appears- on their own groundאַדְמָתָadmata
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “admata” appears
The context
7Therefore, 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,’
8 · This verse (above)
9Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me; all my bones tremble; I have become like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of YHWH and because of his holy words.