Your terrorתִּפְלַצְתְּךָhas deceived you,הִשִּׁיא אֹתָךְthe insolenceזְדוֹןof your heart,לִבֶּךָyou who dwellשֹׁכְנִיin the cleftsבְּחַגְוֵיof the rock,הַסֶּלַעwho holdתֹּפְשִׂיthe heightמְרוֹםof the hill.גִּבְעָהThoughכִּיyou make highתַגְבִּיהַlike the eagleכַּנֶּשֶׁרyour nest,קִנֶּךָfrom thereמִשָּׁםI will bring you down,אוֹרִידְךָdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 49:16
Study it in the app“Your terror has deceived you, the insolence of your heart, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make high like the eagle your nest, from there I will bring you down, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 49:16, word by word
- Your terrorתִּפְלַצְתְּtiflatst
horror
Horror, the dread someone causes in others.
Where else “tiflatst” appears- has deceived youהִשִּׁיאhishi
deceive
To make someone believe something false.
Where else “hishi” appears- the insolenceזְדוֹןzedon
presumption, arrogance
Presumption, arrogance: daring to act on one's own against what was commanded.
Where else “zedon” appears- of your heartלִבֶּlibe
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libe” appears- you who dwellשֹׁכְנִיshochni
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shochni” appears- in the cleftsחַגְוֵיchagve
cleft
A cleft in the rock.
Where else “chagve” appears- of the rockסֶּלַעsela
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “sela” appears- who holdתֹּפְשִׂיtofsi
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “tofsi” appears- the heightמְרוֹםmerom
height
What is on high: the height, the highest heaven.
Where else “merom” appears- of the hillגִּבְעָהgiva
hill
Hill.
Where else “giva” appears- you make highתַגְבִּיהַtagbiha
be high
To be or rise very high, above everything else.
Where else “tagbiha” appears- like the eagleנֶּשֶׁרnesher
eagle, vulture
Eagle; it may also refer to another large bird of prey, such as the vulture.
Where else “nesher” appears- your nestקִנֶּkine
nest
The place where a bird lays its eggs and raises its young.
Where else “kine” appears- I will bring you downאוֹרִידְorid
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “orid” 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
Translation note
“Your terror”: it can be understood as the terror you struck into others.
The context
15For look, small I have made you among the nations, despised among human beings.
16 · This verse (above)
17And Edom will become a horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss over all its wounds.