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Like keepersכְּשֹׁמְרֵיof a fieldשָׂדַיthey areהָיוּagainst herעָלֶיהָall around,מִסָּבִיבforכִּיshe has rebelledמָרָתָהagainst me,אֹתִיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 4:17
Study it in the app“Like keepers of a field they are against her all around, for she has rebelled against me, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 4:17, word by word
- Like keepersשֹׁמְרֵיshomre
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomre” appears- of a fieldשָׂדַיsaday
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “saday” appears- they areהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- all aroundסָּבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- she has rebelledמָרָתָהmarata
rebel
Rebel, resist what is commanded.
Where else “marata” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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 context
16Remind the nations, look, proclaim against Jerusalem: “Besiegers are coming from a land far away, and they raise their voice against the cities of Judah.
17 · This verse (above)
18Your way and your deeds have done these things to you; this is your evil, for it is bitter, for it has reached to your heart.”