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But evenוְגַםin those days,בַּיָּמִים הָהֵמָּהdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהֹוָהI will notלֹאmakeאֶעֱשֶׂהa full endכָּלָהof you.אִתְּכֶם
Jeremiah 5:18
Study it in the app“But even in those days, declares YHWH, I will not make a full end of you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 5:18, word by word
- in those daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWHיְהֹוָהyehova
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 “yehova” appears- makeאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
make
To build or create something.
Where else “eese” appears- a full endכָּלָהkala
extermination
A complete destruction that leaves nothing.
Where else “kala” appears
The context
17And they will eat up your harvest and your bread; they will eat up your sons and your daughters; they will eat up your flocks and your herds; they will eat up your vine and your fig tree; they will shatter with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust.
18 · This verse (above)
19And it will happen, when you say, ‘Why has YHWH our Elohim done all these things to us?’ you will say to them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’