Look, Iהִנְנִיam bringingמֵבִיאupon youעָלַיִךְterror,פַּחַדdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWHיְהוִהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתfrom allמִכָּלwho are around you;סְבִיבָיִךְand you will be driven out,וְנִדַּחְתֶּםeach oneאִישׁstraight ahead,לְפָנָיוand there will be noוְאֵיןone to gatherמְקַבֵּץthe wanderer.לַנֹּדֵד
Jeremiah 49:5
Study it in the app“Look, I am bringing upon you terror, declares Adonai YHWH Tsevaot, from all who are around you; and you will be driven out, each one straight ahead, and there will be no one to gather the wanderer.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 49:5, word by word
- am bringingמֵבִיאmevi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appears- terrorפַּחַדpachad
dread, terror
Dread, terror, sudden fear. "The Fear of Isaac" is a name for God: the one who is revered with awe.
Where else “pachad” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- who are around youסְבִיבָיִsevivayi
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivayi” appears- and you will be driven outנִדַּחְתֶּםnidachtem
banish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “nidachtem” appears- each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- straight aheadפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- one to gatherמְקַבֵּץmekabets
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “mekabets” appears- the wandererנֹּדֵדnoded
wander
To roam like a fugitive.
Where else “noded” appears
The context
4Why do you boast of the valleys? Your valley is flowing away, wayward daughter, who trusts in her treasures: “Who will come against me?”
5 · This verse (above)
6But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the sons of Ammon, declares YHWH.