Jeremiah 49:12

“For thus says YHWH: Look, those whose judgment was not to drink the cup will certainly drink it; and you, are you the one who will go entirely unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but you will certainly drink.”

Jeremiah 49:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 49:12, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

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

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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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whose judgmentמִשְׁפָּטָmishpata

right

What is due someone: what the orphan should receive.

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to drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot

drink

Drink.

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the cupכּוֹסkos

cup

A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.

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who will go entirelyנָקֹהnako

go unpunished

Not to receive the punishment one deserved.

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The context

11Leave your orphans; I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in me.

12 · This verse (above)

13For by myself I have sworn, declares YHWH, that Bozrah will become a horror, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all her cities will become eternal ruins.

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