Butכִּיwe will certainly doעָשֹׂה נַעֲשֶׂהeveryאֶת כָּלwordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרhas gone outיָצָאof our mouth,מִפִּינוּto burn incenseלְקַטֵּרto the queenלִמְלֶכֶתof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםand to pour outוְהַסֵּיךְlibationsנְסָכִיםto her,לָהּasכַּאֲשֶׁרwe have done,עָשִׂינוּweאֲנַחְנוּand our fathers,וַאֲבֹתֵינוּour kingsמְלָכֵינוּand our princes,וְשָׂרֵינוּin the citiesבְּעָרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהand in the streetsוּבְחֻצוֹתof Jerusalem;יְרוּשָׁלִָםand we had plentyוַנִּשְׂבַּעof bread,לֶחֶםand we wereוַנִּהְיֶהwell off,טוֹבִיםand evilוְרָעָהwe did notלֹאsee.רָאִינוּ
Jeremiah 44:17
Study it in the app“But we will certainly do every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens and to pour out libations to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and we had plenty of bread, and we were well off, and evil we did not see.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 44:17, word by word
- we will certainly doעָשֹׂהaso
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “aso” appears- wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- has gone outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- of our mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- to burn incenseקַטֵּרkater
burn incense
To offer fragrant smoke to YHWH or other gods.
Where else “kater” appears- to the queenמְלֶכֶתmelechet
queen
Queen. In Jeremiah, "the queen of the heavens" is a goddess the people worshiped.
Where else “melechet” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and to pour outהַסֵּיךְhasech
pour out
To offer wine or water by emptying it before God.
Where else “hasech” appears- libationsנְסָכִיםnesachim
libation
Wine or other drink poured as an offering.
Where else “nesachim” appears- and our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- our kingsמְלָכֵיmelache
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melache” appears- and our princesשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- in the citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- and in the streetsחֻצוֹתchutsot
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- and we had plentyנִּשְׂבַּעnisba
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “nisba” appears- of breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- and we wereנִּהְיֶהnihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “nihye” appears- well offטוֹבִיםtovim
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovim” appears- and evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- seeרָאִינוּrainu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rainu” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
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).
The context
16“The word that you have spoken to us in the name of YHWH, we are not listening to you.
17 · This verse (above)
18But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the heavens and pouring out libations to her, we have lacked everything, and by the sword and by famine we have come to an end.”