Becauseמִפְּנֵי אֲשֶׁרyou burned incenseקִטַּרְתֶּםand becauseוַאֲשֶׁרyou sinnedחֲטָאתֶםagainst YHWHלַיהוָהand did notוְלֹאlistenשְׁמַעְתֶּםto the voiceבְּקוֹלof YHWH,יְהוָהand in his instructionוּבְתֹרָתוֹand in his statutesוּבְחֻקֹּתָיוand in his testimoniesוּבְעֵדְוֺתָיוyou did notלֹאwalk,הֲלַכְתֶּםthereforeעַל כֵּןthis evilהָרָעָה הַזֹּאתhas befallenקָרָאתyou,אֶתְכֶםas it is this day.”כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה
Jeremiah 44:23
Study it in the app“Because you burned incense and because you sinned against YHWH and did not listen to the voice of YHWH, and in his instruction and in his statutes and in his testimonies you did not walk, therefore this evil has befallen you, as it is this day.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 44:23, word by word
- Becauseפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- you burned incenseקִטַּרְתֶּםkitartem
burn incense
To offer fragrant smoke to YHWH or other gods.
Where else “kitartem” appears- you sinnedחֲטָאתֶםchatatem
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatatem” appears- against YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- listenשְׁמַעְתֶּםshematem
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shematem” appears- to the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- and in his instructionתֹרָתtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- and in his statutesחֻקֹּתָיchukotay
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukotay” appears- and in his testimoniesעֵדְוֺתָיedvotay
testimony
Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.
Where else “edvotay” appears- walkהֲלַכְתֶּםhalachtem
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “halachtem” appears- this evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- has befallenקָרָאתkarat
befall
For an event, good or bad, to befall someone without his seeking it.
Where else “karat” appears- as it is this dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
22And YHWH could no longer bear it because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations that you committed; so your land has become a ruin and a horror and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
23 · This verse (above)
24And Jeremiah said to all the people, and to all the women, “Hear the word of YHWH, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt.