Jeremiah 29:17

“thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Look, I am sending against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I will make them like the repulsive figs that cannot be eaten for badness.”

Jeremiah 29:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 29:17, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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.

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Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

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sendingמְשַׁלֵּחַmeshaleach

send

To send someone or something.

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the swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

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the famineרָעָבraav

famine, hunger

Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.

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and the pestilenceדָּבֶרdaver

plague, pestilence

Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.

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and I will makeנָתַתִּיnatati

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

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like the repulsiveשֹּׁעָרִיםshoarim

rotten

Repulsive, rotten, disgusting.

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figsתְּאֵנִיםteenim

fig

The fruit of the fig tree, eaten fresh or pressed into cakes.

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be eatenתֵאָכַלְנָהteachalna

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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for badnessרֹעַroa

ugliness

Poor quality, unpleasant look.

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The context

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,

17 · This verse (above)

18And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and I will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse and a horror and a hissing and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,

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