Onlyאַךְknowדְּעִיyour iniquity,עֲוֺנֵךְthatכִּיagainst YHWHבַּיהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהַיִךְyou have transgressed,פָּשָׁעַתְּand have scatteredוַתְּפַזְּרִיyour waysאֶת דְּרָכַיִךְto strangersלַזָּרִיםunderתַּחַתeveryכָּלleafyרַעֲנָןtree,עֵץand my voiceוּבְקוֹלִיyou have notלֹאheeded,שְׁמַעְתֶּםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהֹוָה
Jeremiah 3:13
Study it in the app“Only 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 3:13, word by word
- knowדְּעִיdei
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “dei” appears- your iniquityעֲוֺנֵavone
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avone” appears- against YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהַיִelohayi
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohayi” appears- you have transgressedפָּשָׁעַתְּpashaat
transgress
To break with God and his law.
Where else “pashaat” appears- and have scatteredתְּפַזְּרִיtefazri
scatter
To scatter, to disperse.
Where else “tefazri” appears- your waysדְּרָכַיִderachayi
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derachayi” appears- to strangersזָּרִיםzarim
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zarim” appears- leafyרַעֲנָןraanan
green, leafy
Green, leafy: full of leaves; also fresh, flourishing.
Where else “raanan” appears- treeעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- and my voiceקוֹלִkoli
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “koli” appears- heededשְׁמַעְתֶּםshematem
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shematem” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears
The context
12Go 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.
13 · This verse (above)
14Return, wayward children, declares YHWH, for I am your husband, and I will take you, one from a city and two from a clan, and I will bring you to Zion.