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And there isוְיֵשׁhopeתִּקְוָהfor your future,לְאַחֲרִיתֵךְdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהand the childrenבָנִיםwill returnוְשָׁבוּto their own territory.לִגְבוּלָם
Jeremiah 31:17
Study it in the app“And there is hope for your future, declares YHWH, and the children will return to their own territory.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 31:17, word by word
- hopeתִּקְוָהtikva
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikva” appears- for your futureאַחֲרִיתֵacharite
future
The time that comes after, what awaits someone further on.
Where else “acharite” 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- and the childrenבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- will returnשָׁבוּshavu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavu” appears- to their own territoryגְבוּלָgevula
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevula” appears
The context
16Thus says YHWH: “Keep back your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for there is a wage for your work, declares YHWH, and they will return from the land of the enemy.
17 · This verse (above)
18I have surely heard Ephraim grieving: ‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like a calf not trained; bring me back, and I will come back, for you are YHWH my Elohim.