Jeremiah 8:12

“Were they ashamed because they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, and to blush they did not know. Therefore they will fall among those who fall; at the time of their punishment they will stumble, says YHWH.”

Jeremiah 8:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 8:12, word by word

Were they ashamedהֹבִשׁוּhovishu

be ashamed

To feel shame and be left with a lowered face.

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they committedעָשׂוּasu

do

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

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abominationתוֹעֵבָהtoeva

abomination

Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.

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at allבּוֹשׁbosh

be ashamed

To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.

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and to blushהִכָּלֵםhikalem

be ashamed, humiliate

Put to shame, humiliate; be put to shame.

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knowיָדָעוּyadau

know

To know something, realize.

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they will fallיִפְּלוּyiplu

fall in battle

To die in battle, killed by the enemy.

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at the timeעֵתet

time

The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".

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of their punishmentפְּקֻדָּתָpekudata

punishment

When God calls to account: what falls on the guilty.

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they will stumbleיִכָּשְׁלוּyikashlu

stumble

To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.

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saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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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The context

11And they heal the breaking of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.

12 · This verse (above)

13I will gather them in completely, declares YHWH. There are no grapes on the vine, and no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf withers; and what I gave them will pass away from them.’”

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