Jeremiah 7:13

“And now, because you have done all these deeds, declares YHWH, and I spoke to you, rising early and speaking, but you did not listen, and I called you, but you did not answer,”

Jeremiah 7:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 7:13, word by word

you have doneעֲשׂוֹתְasot

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asot” appears
these deedsמַּעֲשִׂיםmaasim

work

What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

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.

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and I spoke to youאֲדַבֵּרadaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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rising earlyהַשְׁכֵּםhashkem

rise early

To get up early to do something.

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listenשְׁמַעְתֶּםshematem

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

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and I called youאֶקְרָאekra

call

To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.

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answerעֲנִיתֶםanitem

answer

To reply to what was said.

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Translation note

“Rising early and speaking,” “rising early and sending”: an expression typical of Jeremiah for saying that YHWH spoke to them without rest (7:25; 11:7; 25:3-4; 26:5; 29:19; 35:14-15; 44:4).

The context

12For go now to my place that was in Shiloh, where I made my name dwell at the first, and see what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel.

13 · This verse (above)

14I will do to the house over which my name is called, in which you trust, and to the place that I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.

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