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And the prophetsוְהַנְּבִיאִיםwill becomeיִהְיוּwind,לְרוּחַand the wordוְהַדִּבֵּרis notאֵיןin them;בָּהֶםthusכֹּהit will be doneיֵעָשֶׂהto them.’”לָהֶם
Jeremiah 5:13
Study it in the app“And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; thus it will be done to them.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 5:13, word by word
- And the prophetsנְּבִיאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- will becomeיִהְיוּyihyu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yihyu” appears- windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- and the wordדִּבֵּרdiber
message
What YHWH says through a prophet, his message.
Where else “diber” appears- it will be doneיֵעָשֶׂהyease
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yease” appears
The context
12They have denied YHWH and said, ‘Not he! And no evil will come upon us, and sword and famine we will not see.
13 · This verse (above)
14Therefore thus says YHWH Elohim Tsevaot: “Because you have spoken this word, look, I am making my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it will devour them.