Jeremiah 23:8

“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.””

Jeremiah 23:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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