ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלAsכַּאֲשֶׁרmy angerאַפִּיand my furyוַחֲמָתִיwere poured outנִתַּךְon the inhabitantsעַל יֹשְׁבֵיof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםsoכֵּןmy furyחֲמָתִיwill be poured outתִּתַּךְon youעֲלֵיכֶםwhen you goבְּבֹאֲכֶםto Egypt,מִצְרָיִםand you will becomeוִהְיִיתֶםan imprecationלְאָלָהand a horrorוּלְשַׁמָּהand a curseוְלִקְלָלָהand a reproach,וּלְחֶרְפָּהand you will notוְלֹאseeתִרְאוּthis placeאֶת הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּהagain.עוֹד
Jeremiah 42:18
Study it in the app“For thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: As my anger and my fury were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my fury will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt, and you will become an imprecation and a horror and a curse and a reproach, and you will not see this place again.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 42:18, 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- my angerאַפִּapi
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “api” appears- and my furyחֲמָתִchamati
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamati” appears- were poured outנִתַּךְnitach
pour out
To gush out, like water or God's wrath.
Where else “nitach” appears- on the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- when you goבֹאֲvoa
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “voa” appears- to Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and you will becomeהְיִיתֶםheyitem
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “heyitem” appears- an imprecationאָלָהala
oath
An oath that brings a curse if broken.
Where else “ala” appears- and a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- and a curseקְלָלָהkelala
curse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kelala” appears- and a reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appears- seeתִרְאוּtiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tiru” appears- this placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears
Places in this verse
1Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
17And it will be that all the men who have set their faces to go to Egypt to reside as aliens there will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; and they will have no survivor or fugitive from the evil that I am bringing on them.
18 · This verse (above)
19YHWH has spoken against you, remnant of Judah: ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for certain that I have warned you today.