Jeremiah 5:14

“Therefore 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.”

Jeremiah 5:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 5:14, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

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

Where else “amar” 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
Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

Where else “tsevaot” appears
you have spokenדַּבֶּרְdaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “daber” appears
this wordדָּבָרdavar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “davar” appears
am makingנֹתֵןnoten

put

To place something somewhere.

Where else “noten” appears
in your mouthפִיfi

mouth

The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.

Where else “fi” appears
fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

Where else “esh” appears
and this peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears
woodעֵצִיםetsim

wood

What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.

Where else “etsim” appears
and it will devour themאֲכָלָתַachalata

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

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The context

13And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; thus it will be done to them.’”

14 · This verse (above)

15Look, I am bringing against you a nation from far away, house of Israel, declares YHWH; it is an enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, and you will not understand what they say.

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