Goהָלֹךְand proclaimוְקָרָאתָthese wordsאֶת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּהtoward the north,צָפוֹנָהand say,וְאָמַרְתָּ‘Return,שׁוּבָהapostateמְשֻׁבָהIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH;יְהוָהI will notלוֹאmake my faceפָּנַיfallאַפִּילon you,בָּכֶםforכִּיIאֲנִיam faithful,חָסִידdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH;יְהוָהI will notלֹאkeep itאֶטּוֹרforever.לְעוֹלָם
Jeremiah 3:12
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 3:12, word by word
- Goהָלֹךְhaloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” appears- and proclaimקָרָאתָkarata
proclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “karata” appears- these wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- toward the northצָפוֹנָtsafona
north
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- ‘Returnשׁוּבָshuva
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuva” appears- apostateמְשֻׁבָהmeshuva
turning away, faithlessness
Turning away, going astray from the right path; also faithlessness or rebellion against God.
Where else “meshuva” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” 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- make my faceפָּנַpana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pana” appears- fallאַפִּילapil
cast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “apil” appears- am faithfulחָסִידchasid
faithful one, godly
Faithful one: one who lives out loyal love toward God; also kind.
Where else “chasid” appears- keep itאֶטּוֹרetor
bear a grudge
To nurse anger, hold resentment against someone.
Where else “etor” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
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.