Jeremiah 46:28

“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.”

Jeremiah 46:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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".

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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.

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I will makeאֶעֱשֶׂהeese

make

To build or create something.

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an exterminationכָלָהchala

extermination

A complete destruction that leaves nothing.

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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.

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and I will correct youיִסַּרְתִּיyisarti

discipline, correct

Correct, discipline, teach firmly, as a father his son; also punish.

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with judgmentמִּשְׁפָּטmishpat

justice

What is right and fair.

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and I will by no meansנַקֵּהnake

go unpunished

Not to receive the punishment one deserved.

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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.

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