ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהֵיTsevaot:צְבָאוֹת“Becauseיַעַןyou have spokenדַּבֶּרְכֶםthis word,אֶת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּהlook, Iהִנְנִיam makingנֹתֵןmy wordsדְּבָרַיin your mouthבְּפִיךָfire,לְאֵשׁand this peopleוְהָעָם הַזֶּהwood,עֵצִיםand it will devour them.וַאֲכָלָתַם
Jeremiah 5:14
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “achalata” appears
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.