ForכִּיI have notלֹאsent them,שְׁלַחְתִּיםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהand theyוְהֵםare prophesyingנִבְּאִיםin my nameבִּשְׁמִיfalsely,לַשָּׁקֶרso thatלְמַעַןI will driveהַדִּיחִיyou out,אֶתְכֶםand you will perish,וַאֲבַדְתֶּםyouאַתֶּםand the prophetsוְהַנְּבִאִיםwho prophesyהַנִּבְּאִיםto you.”לָכֶם
Jeremiah 27:15
Study it in the app“For I have not sent them, declares YHWH, and they are prophesying in my name falsely, so that I will drive you out, and you will perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 27:15, word by word
- sent themשְׁלַחְתִּיshelachti
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelachti” 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- are prophesyingנִבְּאִיםnibim
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “nibim” appears- in my nameשְׁמִshemi
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shemi” appears- falselyשָּׁקֶרshaker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “shaker” appears- I will driveהַדִּיחִhadichi
banish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “hadichi” appears- and you will perishאֲבַדְתֶּםavadtem
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avadtem” appears- and the prophetsנְּבִאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears
The context
14And do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying falsehood to you.
15 · This verse (above)
16And to the priests and to all this people I spoke, saying, “Thus says YHWH: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, the vessels of the house of YHWH will be brought back from Babylon now, shortly,’ for they are prophesying falsehood to you.