Jeremiah 30:18

“Thus says YHWH: Look, I am bringing back the captivity of the tents of Jacob, and on his dwellings I will have compassion; and the city will be built on its mound of ruins, and the palace on its rightful place will stand.”

Jeremiah 30:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 30:18, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

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

Where else “amar” 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
bringing backשָׁבshav

bring back

To return something, restore.

Where else “shav” appears
the captivityשְׁבוּתshevut

captivity, fortunes

Captivity: the condition of those taken away as prisoners far from their land. "Turn back the captivity" is to restore someone to his former state.

Where else “shevut” appears
of the tentsאָהֳלֵיahole

tent

A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.

Where else “ahole” appears
of Jacobיַעֲקוֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

Where else “yaakov” appears
and on his dwellingsמִשְׁכְּנֹתָיmishknotay

home

The house or place where someone lives.

Where else “mishknotay” appears
I will have compassionאֲרַחֵםarachem

have compassion

To feel tenderness for someone, like a mother for her child.

Where else “arachem” appears
and the cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

Where else “ir” appears
will be builtנִבְנְתָהnivnta

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

Where else “nivnta” appears
on its mound of ruinsתִּלָּtila

mound, ruin heap

Mound: a hill formed by the ruins of a destroyed city.

Where else “tila” appears
and the palaceאַרְמוֹןarmon

citadel, fortress

Citadel, fortified palace: the high and strongest part of a city or of the king's house.

Where else “armon” appears
on its rightful placeמִשְׁפָּטmishpat

custom

The usual practice, the way to do something.

Where else “mishpat” appears
will standיֵשֵׁבyeshev

sit

To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.

Where else “yeshev” appears

The context

17For I will bring up recovery for you, and from your wounds I will heal you, declares YHWH; for ‘Driven Away’ they have called you: ‘Zion is she; no one seeks her.’

18 · This verse (above)

19And out of them will go thanksgiving and the sound of those who make merry; and I will multiply them, and they will not decrease; and I will honor them, and they will not be made small.

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