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Will he keep itהֲיִנְטֹרforever?לְעוֹלָםWill he retain itאִם יִשְׁמֹרto the end?’לָנֶצַחLook,הִנֵּהso you have spoken,דִבַּרְתְּbut you have doneוַתַּעֲשִׂיevil thingsהָרָעוֹתand have had your way.וַתּוּכָל
Jeremiah 3:5
Study it in the app“Will he keep it forever? Will he retain it to the end?’ Look, so you have spoken, but you have done evil things and have had your way.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 3:5, word by word
- Will he keep itיִנְטֹרyintor
bear a grudge
To nurse anger, hold resentment against someone.
Where else “yintor” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- Will he retain itיִשְׁמֹרyishmor
preserve
To keep something, or watch and wait.
Where else “yishmor” appears- to the end?’נֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears- so you have spokenדִבַּרְתְּdibart
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibart” appears- but you have doneתַּעֲשִׂיtaasi
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasi” appears- evil thingsרָעוֹתraot
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raot” appears- and have had your wayתּוּכָלtuchal
prevail
To come out victorious against someone stronger or greater.
Where else “tuchal” appears
The context
4Have you not just now called to me, ‘My father, you are the companion of my youth!
5 · This verse (above)
6And YHWH said to me in the days of King Josiah, “Have you seen what apostate Israel has done? She went up on every high mountain and under every leafy tree, and prostituted herself there.