But you,וְאַתָּהdo notאַלfear,תִּירָאmy servantעַבְדִּיJacob,יַעֲקֹבand do notוְאַלbe dismayed,תֵּחַתIsrael;יִשְׂרָאֵלforכִּיlook, Iהִנְנִיam saving youמוֹשִׁעֲךָfrom afar,מֵרָחוֹקand your offspringוְאֶת זַרְעֲךָfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof their captivity;שִׁבְיָםand Jacobוְ יַעֲקוֹבwill return,שָׁבand be quietוְשָׁקַטand at ease,וְשַׁאֲנַןand there will be no oneוְאֵיןto make him afraid.מַחֲרִיד
Jeremiah 46:27
Study it in the app“But you, do not fear, my servant Jacob, and do not be dismayed, Israel; for look, I am saving you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity; and Jacob will return, and be quiet and at ease, and there will be no one to make him afraid.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 46:27, word by word
- fearתִּירָאtira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tira” appears- my servantעַבְדִּavdi
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- be dismayedתֵּחַתtechat
be dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “techat” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- am saving youמוֹשִׁעֲmoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “moshia” appears- from afarרָחוֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears- and your offspringזַרְעֲzara
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of their captivityשִׁבְיָshivya
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shivya” appears- will returnשָׁבshav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shav” appears- and be quietשָׁקַטshakat
be at rest, be quiet
Be at rest, be quiet, without war or alarm.
Where else “shakat” appears- and at easeשַׁאֲנַןshaanan
be at ease
To be at ease, quiet, without alarm.
Where else “shaanan” appears- to make him afraidמַחֲרִידmacharid
frighten
To put fear in others until they flee or lose heart.
Where else “macharid” appears
Translation note
46:27-28 repeats almost exactly 30:10-11.
The context
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.
27 · This verse (above)
28You, do not fear, my servant Jacob, declares YHWH, for I am with you; for I will make an extermination among all the nations to which I have driven you, but of you I will not make an extermination, and I will correct you with judgment, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.