Jeremiah 3:12

“Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, apostate Israel, declares YHWH; I will not make my face fall on you, for I am faithful, declares YHWH; I will not keep it forever.”

Jeremiah 3:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 3:12, word by word

Goהָלֹךְhaloch

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

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and proclaimקָרָאתָkarata

proclaim

To announce aloud.

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these wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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toward the northצָפוֹנָtsafona

north

North.

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and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta

say

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

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‘Returnשׁוּבָshuva

return

To go back to a place.

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apostateמְשֻׁבָהmeshuva

turning away, faithlessness

Turning away, going astray from the right path; also faithlessness or rebellion against God.

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Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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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make my faceפָּנַpana

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

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fallאַפִּילapil

cast lots

To make fall; throw lots.

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am faithfulחָסִידchasid

faithful one, godly

Faithful one: one who lives out loyal love toward God; also kind.

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keep itאֶטּוֹרetor

bear a grudge

To nurse anger, hold resentment against someone.

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foreverעוֹלָםolam

forever

Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.

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The context

11And YHWH said to me, “Apostate Israel has shown herself righteous more than treacherous Judah.

12 · This verse (above)

13Only know your iniquity, that against YHWH your Elohim you have transgressed, and have scattered your ways to strangers under every leafy tree, and my voice you have not heeded, declares YHWH.

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