Study it in the app““Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem and on all the cities of Judah; and look, they are a ruin this day, and no one lives in them,”
“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלYouאַתֶּםhave seenרְאִיתֶםallאֵת כָּלthe evilהָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרI have broughtהֵבֵאתִיon Jerusalemעַל יְרוּשָׁלִַםand on allוְעַל כָּלthe citiesעָרֵיof Judah;יְהוּדָהand look,וְהִנָּthey areםa ruinחָרְבָּהthis day,הַיּוֹם הַזֶּהand no oneוְאֵיןlivesיוֹשֵׁבin them,בָּהֶם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
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” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reitem” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “heveti” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsJudah
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” appearsruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “charba” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearsJerusalem
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).
1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who were living in the land of Egypt, who were living in Migdol and in Tahpanhes and in Memphis and in the land of Pathros, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3because of their evil that they did to provoke me to anger, going to burn incense and to serve other gods whom they did not know, they, you, and your fathers.
