Jeremiah 5:3

“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.”

Jeremiah 5:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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