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And you will say to them,וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהDo men fallהֲיִפְּלוּand notוְלֹאrise up?יָקוּמוּIfאִםone turns away,יָשׁוּבdoes he notוְלֹאreturn?יָשׁוּב
Jeremiah 8:4
Study it in the app“And you will say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH: Do men fall and not rise up? If one turns away, does he not return?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 8:4, 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- 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- Do men fallיִפְּלוּyiplu
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yiplu” appears- rise upיָקוּמוּyakumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appears- one turns awayיָשׁוּבyashuv
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “yashuv” appears
The context
3And death will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant that remains of this evil clan, in all the places where they remain, where I have driven them, declares YHWH Tsevaot.
4 · This verse (above)
5Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned wayward in perpetual apostasy? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.