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ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָה“The wholeכָּלlandהָאָרֶץwill beתִהְיֶהa desolation,שְׁמָמָהyet a full endוְכָלָהI will notלֹאmake.אֶעֱשֶׂה
Jeremiah 4:27
Study it in the app“For thus says YHWH: “The whole land will be a desolation, yet a full end I will not make.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 4:27, 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- landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- will beתִהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- yet a full endכָלָהchala
extermination
A complete destruction that leaves nothing.
Where else “chala” appears- makeאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
make
To build or create something.
Where else “eese” appears
The context
26I looked, and look, the orchard land was the wilderness, and all its cities were torn down before YHWH, before his burning anger.
27 · This verse (above)
28For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above will grow dark, because I have spoken, I have purposed, and I have not relented, and I will not turn back from it.”