ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָה“Ifאִםthe heavensשָׁמַיִםcan be measuredיִמַּדּוּabove,מִלְמַעְלָהand the foundationsמוֹסְדֵיof the earthאֶרֶץsearched outוְיֵחָקְרוּbelow,לְמָטָּהthen alsoגַּםIאֲנִיwill rejectאֶמְאַסallבְּכָלthe offspringזֶרַעof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלfor allעַל כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרthey have done,עָשׂוּdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 31:37
Study it in the app“Thus 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 31:37, 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- the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- can be measuredיִמַּדּוּyimadu
measure
To work out the size or extent of something with a cord, a reed or paces.
Where else “yimadu” appears- aboveמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- and the foundationsמוֹסְדֵיmosde
foundation
Foundation, the base on which something rests.
Where else “mosde” appears- of the earthאֶרֶץerets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appears- searched outיֵחָקְרוּyechakru
search out, examine
Search out: examine something thoroughly.
Where else “yechakru” appears- belowמָטָּהmata
below, downward
Below, downward, beneath.
Where else “mata” appears- will rejectאֶמְאַסemas
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “emas” appears- the offspringזֶרַעzera
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appears- of 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- they have doneעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears
The context
36“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.”
37 · This verse (above)
38Look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when the city will be built for YHWH, from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the Corner.