‘To Babylonבָּבֶלָהthey will be brought,יוּבָאוּand thereוְשָׁמָּהthey will remainיִהְיוּuntilעַדthe dayיוֹםI visitפָּקְדִיthem,אֹתָםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH;יְהוָהthen I will bring them upוְהַעֲלִיתִיםand restore themוַהֲשִׁיבֹתִיםto this place.’”אֶל הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה
Jeremiah 27:22
Study it in the app“‘To Babylon they will be brought, and there they will remain until the day I visit them, declares YHWH; then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 27:22, word by word
- ‘To Babylonבָּבֶלָbavela
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavela” appears- they will be broughtיוּבָאוּyuvau
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yuvau” appears- they will remainיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- I visitפָּקְדִpakdi
attend to
To attend to someone; God comes to help.
Where else “pakdi” 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- then I will bring them upהַעֲלִיתִיhaaliti
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haaliti” appears- and restore themהֲשִׁיבֹתִיhashivoti
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashivoti” appears- to this place.’מָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears
Translation note
Cf. Ezra 1:7-11.
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
21for thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of YHWH, and in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:
22 · This verse (above)