Jeremiah 49:16

“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.”

Jeremiah 49:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 49:16, word by word

Your terrorתִּפְלַצְתְּtiflatst

horror

Horror, the dread someone causes in others.

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has deceived youהִשִּׁיאhishi

deceive

To make someone believe something false.

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the insolenceזְדוֹןzedon

presumption, arrogance

Presumption, arrogance: daring to act on one's own against what was commanded.

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of your heartלִבֶּlibe

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

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you who dwellשֹׁכְנִיshochni

dwell

To live somewhere, stay.

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in the cleftsחַגְוֵיchagve

cleft

A cleft in the rock.

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of the rockסֶּלַעsela

crag

A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.

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who holdתֹּפְשִׂיtofsi

seize

To grab or capture someone.

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the heightמְרוֹםmerom

height

What is on high: the height, the highest heaven.

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of the hillגִּבְעָהgiva

hill

Hill.

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you make highתַגְבִּיהַtagbiha

be high

To be or rise very high, above everything else.

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like the eagleנֶּשֶׁרnesher

eagle, vulture

Eagle; it may also refer to another large bird of prey, such as the vulture.

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your nestקִנֶּkine

nest

The place where a bird lays its eggs and raises its young.

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I will bring you downאוֹרִידְorid

bring down

To bring something or someone to a lower place.

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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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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.

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