And do notוְאַלgoתֵּלְכוּafterאַחֲרֵיother godsאֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִיםto serve themלְעָבְדָםand to bow downוּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺתto them,לָהֶםand do notוְלֹאprovokeתַכְעִיסוּmeאוֹתִיwith the workבְּמַעֲשֵׂהof your hands,יְדֵיכֶםand I will notוְלֹאdo harmאָרַעto you.’לָכֶם
Jeremiah 25:6
Study it in the app“And do not go after other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, and do not provoke me with the work of your hands, and I will not do harm to you.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 25:6, word by word
- goתֵּלְכוּtelchu
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “telchu” appears- other godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears- other godsאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- to serve themעָבְדָavda
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avda” appears- and to bow downהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺתhishtachavot
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “hishtachavot” appears- provokeתַכְעִיסוּtachisu
provoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “tachisu” appears- with the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of your handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears- do harmאָרַעara
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “ara” appears
The context
5saying, ‘Turn back, please, each one from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the ground that YHWH gave to you and to your fathers from of old and forever.
6 · This verse (above)
7But you have not listened to me, declares YHWH, so as to provoke me with the work of your hands to your own harm.