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For thisעַל זֹאתgird yourselves withחִגְרוּsackcloth,שַׂקִּיםlamentסִפְדוּand wail,וְהֵילִילוּforכִּיthe burningחֲרוֹןangerאַףof YHWHיְהֹוָהhas notלֹאturned backשָׁבfrom us.מִמֶּנּוּ
Jeremiah 4:8
Study it in the app“For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail, for the burning anger of YHWH has not turned back from us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 4:8, word by word
- gird yourselves withחִגְרוּchigru
gird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “chigru” appears- sackclothשַׂקִּיםsakim
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sakim” appears- lamentסִפְדוּsifdu
mourn, lament
Mourn, lament: wail over the dead with the customary signs of grief, such as beating the breast.
Where else “sifdu” appears- and wailהֵילִילוּhelilu
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “helilu” appears- the burningחֲרוֹןcharon
burning anger
Burning of anger.
Where else “charon” appears- angerאַףaf
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “af” appears- of YHWHיְהֹוָהyehova
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 “yehova” appears- turned backשָׁבshav
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shav” appears
The context
7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a horror; your cities will be laid waste, without inhabitant.
8 · This verse (above)
9And it will happen on that day, declares YHWH, the heart of the king will perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests will be appalled, and the prophets will be astounded.