Jeremiah 44:23

“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.””

Jeremiah 44:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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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.

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has befallenקָרָאתkarat

befall

For an event, good or bad, to befall someone without his seeking it.

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as it is this dayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

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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.

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