Jeremiah 46:25

“YHWH Tsevaot, Elohim of Israel, has said: Look, I am punishing Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, and her gods, and her kings, and Pharaoh, and those who trust in him.”

Jeremiah 46:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 46:25, word by word

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.

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Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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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.

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has saidאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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am punishingפוֹקֵדfoked

punish

To call to account, punish.

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Amonאָמוֹןamon

Amon

Amon: the chief god of the Egyptian city of Thebes (No).

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of Noנֹּאno

No, Thebes

No: the Hebrew name of Thebes, a great city of southern Egypt.

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and Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo

Pharaoh

Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.

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and Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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and her kingsמְלָכֶיmelache

king

A king who rules a people.

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and those who trustבֹּטְחִיםbotchim

trust

To rely on someone, YHWH or man.

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Translation note

“Amon of No”: Amon was the god of No, the city of Thebes in Egypt (cf. Nahum 3:8).

Places in this verse

JerusalemEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Egypt

    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).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

24The daughter of Egypt is put to shame; she has been given into the hand of a people of the north.

25 · This verse (above)

26And I will give them into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his servants; and afterward it will be inhabited as in the days of old, declares YHWH.

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