YHWH,יְהֹוָהare notהֲלוֹאyour eyesעֵינֶיךָon faithfulness?לֶאֱמוּנָהYou struck them,הִכִּיתָה אֹתָםbut they did notוְלֹאfeel pain;חָלוּyou consumed them,כִּלִּיתָםbut they refusedמֵאֲנוּto takeקַחַתcorrection.מוּסָרThey madeחִזְּקוּtheir facesפְנֵיהֶםharder than rock;מִסֶּלַעthey refusedמֵאֲנוּto return.לָשׁוּב
Jeremiah 5:3
Study it in the app“YHWH, are not your eyes on faithfulness? You struck them, but they did not feel pain; you consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They made their faces harder than rock; they refused to return.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 5:3, word by word
- 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- your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- on faithfulnessאֱמוּנָהemuna
faithfulness
Being dependable, always keeping one's word, like YHWH.
Where else “emuna” appears- You struck themהִכִּיתָהhikita
punish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “hikita” appears- feel painחָלוּchalu
writhe
To twist and shudder from sharp pain or from fear.
Where else “chalu” appears- you consumed themכִּלִּיתָkilita
destroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “kilita” appears- but they refusedמֵאֲנוּmeanu
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meanu” appears- to takeקַחַתkachat
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “kachat” appears- correctionמוּסָרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- They madeחִזְּקוּchizku
be stubborn
To harden the heart, become stubborn.
Where else “chizku” appears- their facesפְנֵיfene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fene” appears- harder than rockסֶּלַעsela
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “sela” appears- to returnשׁוּבshuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appears
The context
2And though they say, ‘As YHWH lives,’ even so they swear falsely.
3 · This verse (above)
4And I said, “Surely these are poor; they act foolishly, for they do not know the way of YHWH, the justice of their Elohim.