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Becauseכִּיyou have said,אֲמַרְתֶּם“YHWHיְהוָהhas raised upהֵקִיםfor usלָנוּprophetsנְבִאִיםin Babylon,”בָּבֶלָה
Jeremiah 29:15
Study it in the app“Because you have said, “YHWH has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 29:15, word by word
- you have saidאֲמַרְתֶּםamartem
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” 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- has raised upהֵקִיםhekim
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hekim” appears- prophetsנְבִאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- in Babylonבָּבֶלָbavela
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavela” appears
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
14And I will be found by you, declares YHWH, and I will bring back your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, declares YHWH, and I will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.
15 · This verse (above)
16for thus says YHWH concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who live in this city, your brothers who did not go out with you into exile,