ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהYouאַתֶּםhave notלֹאlistenedשְׁמַעְתֶּםto meאֵלַיto proclaimלִקְרֹאliberty,דְרוֹרeach oneאִישׁto his brotherלְאָחִיוand each oneוְאִישׁto his neighbor;לְרֵעֵהוּlook, I amהִנְנִיproclaimingקֹרֵאto youלָכֶםliberty,דְּרוֹרdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהto the sword,אֶל הַחֶרֶבto the pestilence,אֶל הַדֶּבֶרand to the famine;וְאֶל הָרָעָבand I will make youוְנָתַתִּי אֶתְכֶםa terrorלְזַעֲוָהto allלְכֹלthe kingdomsמַמְלְכוֹתof the earth.הָאָרֶץ
Jeremiah 34:17
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “deror” appears- 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".
Where else “neum” appears- 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.
Where else “arets” appears
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: