Jeremiah 32:30

“For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have done nothing but evil in my eyes from their youth; for the sons of Israel have done nothing but provoke me with the work of their hands, declares YHWH.”

Jeremiah 32:30 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 32:30, word by word

the sonsבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “vene” 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
of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

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.

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have doneהָיוּhayu

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “hayu” appears
have doneעֹשִׂיםosim

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “osim” appears
evilרַעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “ra” appears
in my eyesעֵינַena

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

Where else “ena” appears
from their youthנְּעֻרֹתֵיneurote

youth

Youth: the time of being young.

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provoke meמַכְעִסִיםmachisim

provoke

To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.

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with the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase

work

What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.

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of their handsיְדֵיyede

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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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.

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The context

29And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come and set this city on fire and burn it, along with the houses on whose roofs they burned incense to Baal and poured out libations to other gods, to provoke me.

30 · This verse (above)

31For to my anger and to my fury this city has been to me, from the day that they built it until this day, so that I must remove it from before my face,

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