And Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהוּsaidיֹּאמֶרto allאֶל כָּלthe princesהַשָּׂרִיםand to allוְאֶל כָּלthe people,הָעָםsaying,לֵאמֹר“YHWHיְהוָהsent meשְׁלָחַנִיto prophesyלְהִנָּבֵאagainst this houseאֶל הַבַּיִת הַזֶּהand against this cityוְאֶל הָעִיר הַזֹּאתallאֵת כָּלthe wordsהַדְּבָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרyou have heard.שְׁמַעְתֶּם
Jeremiah 26:12
Study it in the app“And Jeremiah said to all the princes and to all the people, saying, “YHWH sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 26:12, word by word
- And Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּyirmyahu
Jeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmyahu” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the princesשָּׂרִיםsarim
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” 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- sent meשְׁלָחַshelaach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelaach” appears- to prophesyהִנָּבֵאhinave
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “hinave” appears- against this houseבַּיִתbayit
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appears- and against this cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- the wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- you have heardשְׁמַעְתֶּםshematem
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shematem” appears
The context
11And the priests and the prophets said to the princes and to all the people, saying, “A sentence of death for this man, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”
12 · This verse (above)
13And now, make good your ways and your deeds, and listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim, and YHWH will relent concerning the evil that he has spoken against you.