You,אַתָּהdo notאַלfear,תִּירָאmy servantעַבְדִּיJacob,יַעֲקֹבdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהforכִּיI amאָנִיwith you;אִתְּךָforכִּיI will makeאֶעֱשֶׂהan exterminationכָלָהamong allבְּכָלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםto whichאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהI have driven you,הִדַּחְתִּיךָbut of youוְאֹתְךָI will notלֹאmakeאֶעֱשֶׂהan extermination,כָלָהand I will correct youוְיִסַּרְתִּיךָwith judgment,לַמִּשְׁפָּטand I will by no meansוְנַקֵּה לֹאleave you unpunished.אֲנַקֶּךָּ
Jeremiah 46:28
Study it in the app“You, 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 46:28, 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- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- 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- I will makeאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
make
To build or create something.
Where else “eese” appears- an exterminationכָלָהchala
extermination
A complete destruction that leaves nothing.
Where else “chala” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- I have driven youהִדַּחְתִּיhidachti
banish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “hidachti” appears- and I will correct youיִסַּרְתִּיyisarti
discipline, correct
Correct, discipline, teach firmly, as a father his son; also punish.
Where else “yisarti” appears- with judgmentמִּשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- and I will by no meansנַקֵּהnake
go unpunished
Not to receive the punishment one deserved.
Where else “nake” appears
The context
27But 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.
28 · This verse (above)