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But you have notוְלֹאlistenedשְׁמַעְתֶּםto me,אֵלַיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהso as toלְמַעַןprovoke meהַכְעִיסֵנִיwith the workבְּמַעֲשֵׂהof your handsיְדֵיכֶםto your own harm.לְרַע לָכֶם
Jeremiah 25:7
Study it in the app“But you have not listened to me, declares YHWH, so as to provoke me with the work of your hands to your own harm.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 25:7, word by word
- listenedשְׁמַעְתֶּםshematem
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shematem” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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- provoke meהַכְעִיסֵhachise
provoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “hachise” 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- to your own harmרַעra
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “ra” appears
The context
6And 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.’
7 · This verse (above)
8Therefore, thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Because you have not heard my words,