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Shall I notהַ לֹאpunishאֶפְקֹדfor these things?עַל אֵלֶּהdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהֹוָהOn a nationאִם בְּגוֹי אֲשֶׁרsuch as thisכָּזֶהshall my soulנַפְשִׁיnotלֹאavenge itself?תִתְנַקֵּם
Jeremiah 5:29
Study it in the app“Shall I not punish for these things? declares YHWH. On a nation such as this shall my soul not avenge itself?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 5:29, word by word
- punishאֶפְקֹדefkod
punish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “efkod” 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- On a nationגוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- shall my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- avenge itselfתִתְנַקֵּםtitnakem
avenge
Avenge: make someone pay for the wrong done; take vengeance.
Where else “titnakem” appears
The context
28They have grown fat, they are sleek; they also go beyond the deeds of evil; the cause they do not plead, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the justice of the needy they do not defend.
29 · This verse (above)
30A horror and a horrible thing has happened in the land: