Jeremiah 3:13

“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.”

Jeremiah 3:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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