And you will say to them,וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם‘This isזֶהthe nationהַגּוֹיthatאֲשֶׁרdid notלוֹאlistenשָׁמְעוּto the voiceבְּקוֹלof YHWHיְהוָהits Elohimאֱלֹהָיוand did notוְלֹאacceptלָקְחוּcorrection;מוּסָרfaithfulnessהָאֱמוּנָהhas perished,אָבְדָהand it has been cut offוְנִכְרְתָהfrom their mouth.’מִפִּיהֶם
Jeremiah 7:28
Study it in the app“And you will say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not listen to the voice of YHWH its Elohim and did not accept correction; faithfulness has perished, and it has been cut off from their mouth.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 7:28, word by word
- And you will say to themאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- the nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- listenשָׁמְעוּshamu
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamu” appears- to the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- its Elohimאֱלֹהָיelohay
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohay” appears- acceptלָקְחוּlakchu
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “lakchu” appears- correctionמוּסָרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears- faithfulnessאֱמוּנָהemuna
faithfulness
Being dependable, always keeping one's word, like YHWH.
Where else “emuna” appears- has perishedאָבְדָהavda
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avda” appears- and it has been cut offנִכְרְתָהnichrta
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “nichrta” appears- from their mouth.’פִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears
The context
27And you will speak to them all these words, but they will not listen to you; and you will call to them, but they will not answer you.
28 · This verse (above)
29Cut off your hair and throw it away, and raise on the bare heights a lament, for YHWH has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.