Study it in the app““If these statutes depart from before me, declares YHWH, then also the offspring of Israel will cease from being a nation before me all the days.””
“Ifאִםthese statutesהַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּהdepartיָמֻשׁוּfrom before me,מִלְּפָנַיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהthen alsoגַּםthe offspringזֶרַעof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill ceaseיִשְׁבְּתוּfrom beingמִהְיוֹתa nationגּוֹיbefore meלְפָנַיall the days.”כָּל הַיָּמִים
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukim” appearsdepart
To shift from its place.
Where else “yamushu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsYHWH
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” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appearsIsrael
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” appearscease
To leave off working, rest; God did so when done, not from tiredness.
Where else “yishbtu” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appearsnation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears35Thus says YHWH, who gives the sun for light by day, the statutes of the moon and of the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; YHWH Tsevaot is his name:
36 · This verse (above)
37Thus says YHWH: “If the heavens can be measured above, and the foundations of the earth searched out below, then also I will reject all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done, declares YHWH.
