Forכִּיlook,הִנֵּהdaysיָמִיםare coming,בָּאִיםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהwhen I will bring backוְשַׁבְתִּיthe captivityאֶת שְׁבוּתof my peopleעַמִּיIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלand Judah,וִיהוּדָהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהand I will bring them backוַהֲשִׁבֹתִיםto the landאֶל הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרI gaveנָתַתִּיto their fathers,לַאֲבוֹתָםand they will possess it.”וִירֵשׁוּהָ
Jeremiah 30:3
Study it in the app“For look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says YHWH, and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 30:3, word by word
- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- are comingבָּאִיםbaim
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” 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- when I will bring backשַׁבְתִּיshavti
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “shavti” 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 my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” 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- and Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- to the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- I gaveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- to their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- and they will possess itירֵשׁוּyreshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yreshu” appears
The context
2“Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, saying: Write for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
3 · This verse (above)
4And these are the words that YHWH spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah: