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And they healוַיְרַפְּאוּthe breakingאֶת שֶׁבֶרof my peopleעַמִּיlightly,עַל נְקַלָּהsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Peace,שָׁלוֹםpeace,’שָׁלוֹםwhen there is noוְאֵיןpeace.שָׁלוֹם
Jeremiah 6:14
Study it in the app“And they heal the breaking of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 6:14, word by word
- And they healיְרַפְּאוּyerapu
heal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “yerapu” appears- the breakingשֶׁבֶרshever
ruin
The downfall of a people or someone.
Where else “shever” appears- of my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- lightlyנְקַלָּהnekala
despise
To count something or someone as little, as a thing without weight.
Where else “nekala” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- ‘Peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears
Translation note
The same words in 8:11; compare Ezekiel 13:10.
The context
13For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for gain; and from prophet even to priest, everyone practices falsehood.
14 · This verse (above)
15Were they ashamed because they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, and they did not know how to blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall; at the time I punish them they will stumble, says YHWH.