Jeremiah 48:12

“Therefore, look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will send to him pourers, and they will pour him off, and his vessels they will empty, and their jars they will smash.”

Jeremiah 48:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 48:12, word by word

daysיָמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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are comingבָּאִיםbaim

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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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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when I will sendשִׁלַּחְתִּיshilachti

send

To send someone or something.

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pourersצֹעִיםtsoim

pour off

To tip a vessel to empty it.

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and his vesselsכֵלָיchelay

vessel

Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.

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they will emptyיָרִיקוּyariku

empty

To leave a sack, jar or net without its contents, pouring them out.

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and their jarsנִבְלֵיnivle

skin bottle

A vessel of leather or clay in which wine was kept.

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they will smashיְנַפֵּצוּyenapetsu

shatter

To break something into pieces with force.

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The context

11Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has rested quietly on his lees, and he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, and into exile he has not gone; therefore his taste has remained in him, and his scent has not changed.

12 · This verse (above)

13And Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

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