Do notאַלbe afraidתִּירְאוּofמִפְּנֵיthe kingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלwhomאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםare afraid of;יְרֵאִים מִפָּנָיוdo notאַלbe afraidתִּירְאוּof him,מִמֶּנּוּdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהforכִּיwith youאִתְּכֶםam Iאָנִיto saveלְהוֹשִׁיעַyouאֶתְכֶםand to rescueוּלְהַצִּילyouאֶתְכֶםfrom his hand.מִיָּדוֹ
Jeremiah 42:11
Study it in the app“Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you are afraid of; do not be afraid of him, declares YHWH, for with you am I to save you and to rescue you from his hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 42:11, word by word
- be afraidתִּירְאוּtiru
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tiru” appears- ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- are afraid ofיְרֵאִיםyereim
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yereim” 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- to saveהוֹשִׁיעַhoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “hoshia” appears- and to rescueהַצִּילhatsil
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsil” appears- from his handיָּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
10If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you and not demolish you, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I have relented concerning the evil that I have done to you.
11 · This verse (above)
12And I will grant you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and let you return to your land.