And it will be,וְהָיָהifכִּיthey refuseיְמָאֲנוּto takeלָקַחַתthe cupהַכּוֹסfrom your handמִיָּדְךָto drink,לִשְׁתּוֹתthen you shall sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתYou shall surelyשָׁתוֹdrink!תִשְׁתּוּ
Jeremiah 25:28
Study it in the app“And it will be, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: You shall surely drink!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 25:28, word by word
- And it will beהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- they refuseיְמָאֲנוּyemaanu
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “yemaanu” appears- to takeקַחַתkachat
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kachat” appears- the cupכּוֹסkos
cup
A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.
Where else “kos” appears- from your handיָּדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- to drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears- then you shall sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears
The context
27“And you shall say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Drink, and get drunk, and vomit, and fall and do not rise, because of the sword that I am sending among you.’
28 · This verse (above)
29For look, in the city over which my name is called, I am beginning to bring evil; and you, will you go entirely unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for a sword I am summoning against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares YHWH Tsevaot.’