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Look, I amהִנְנִיagainst you,אֵלֶיךָInsolence,זָדוֹןdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWHיְהוִהTsevaot;צְבָאוֹתforכִּיyour dayיוֹמְךָhas come,בָּאthe timeעֵתthat I punish you.פְּקַדְתִּיךָ
Jeremiah 50:31
Study it in the app“Look, I am against you, Insolence, declares Adonai YHWH Tsevaot; for your day has come, the time that I punish you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 50:31, word by word
- Insolenceזָדוֹןzadon
presumption, arrogance
Presumption, arrogance: daring to act on one's own against what was commanded.
Where else “zadon” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- your dayיוֹמְyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- has comeבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- the timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- that I punish youפְּקַדְתִּיpekadti
punish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “pekadti” appears
Translation note
“Insolence” is here a name given to Babylon.
The context
30Therefore her young men will fall in her squares, and all her men of war will be silenced in that day, declares YHWH.
31 · This verse (above)
32And Insolence will stumble and fall, and there will be no one to raise it up; and I will kindle fire in its cities, and it will consume all that is around it.