Jeremiah 34:17

“Therefore thus says YHWH: You have not listened to me to proclaim liberty, each one to his brother and each one to his neighbor; look, I am proclaiming to you liberty, declares YHWH, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.”

Jeremiah 34:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 34:17, 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
listenedשְׁמַעְתֶּםshematem

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

Where else “shematem” appears
to proclaimקְרֹאkero

proclaim

To announce aloud.

Where else “kero” appears
libertyדְרוֹרderor

liberty

Release for slaves and debtors.

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each oneאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
to his brotherאָחִיachi

countryman

Someone of the same people, or a friend.

Where else “achi” appears
to his neighborרֵעֵree

neighbor

The person living near, anyone one deals with.

Where else “ree” appears
declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

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

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to the swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

Where else “cherev” appears
to the pestilenceדֶּבֶרdever

plague, pestilence

Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.

Where else “dever” appears
and to the famineרָעָבraav

famine, hunger

Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.

Where else “raav” appears
and I will make youנָתַתִּיnatati

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

Where else “natati” appears
a terrorזַעֲוָהzaava

horror, object of terror

Something that makes those who see it tremble; also maltreatment.

Where else “zaava” appears
the kingdomsמַמְלְכוֹתmamlchot

kingdom

A land ruled by a king.

Where else “mamlchot” appears
of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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The context

16But you turned back and profaned my name, and brought back, each one, his slave and each one his slave woman, whom you had let go free at their own will, and you subjected them to be your slaves and slave women.

17 · This verse (above)

18And I will make the men who transgressed my covenant, who did not carry out the words of the covenant that they made before me, like the calf that they cut in two and passed between its halves:

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