Jeremiah 31:34

“And no longer will they teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know YHWH,’ for all of them will know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, declares YHWH; for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will not remember anymore.””

Jeremiah 31:34 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah announces a new covenant, written on the heartFaithfulnessThe new covenant includes forgiveness and God's forgettingForgivenessGod promises a new covenant and forgiveness for his peopleHope

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Jeremiah 31:34, word by word

will they teachיְלַמְּדוּyelamdu

teach

To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.

Where else “yelamdu” appears
each oneאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
his neighborרֵעֵree

neighbor

The person living near, anyone one deals with.

Where else “ree” appears
his brotherאָחִיachi

brother

A son of the same father or the same mother.

Where else “achi” appears
sayingאמֹרmor

say

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

Where else “mor” appears
‘Knowדְּעוּdeu

know a person

To know someone.

Where else “deu” appears
YHWH,’יְהוָהyehva

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
from the least of themקְטַנָּketana

small

What is small in size or counts for little.

Where else “ketana” appears
to the greatest of themגְּדוֹלָgedola

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

Where else “gedola” appears
declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

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

Where else “neum” appears
I will forgiveאֶסְלַחeslach

forgive

Forgive, pardon. In the Bible this verb has only God as its subject.

Where else “eslach” appears
their iniquityעֲוֺנָavona

iniquity

A serious wrong.

Where else “avona” appears
and their sinחַטָּאתָchatata

sin

Failing God, not doing what he asks.

Where else “chatata” appears
rememberאֶזְכָּרezkar

remember favorably

God turns his mind to someone and helps them.

Where else “ezkar” appears

The context

33For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares YHWH: I will put my instruction within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be to them Elohim, and they will be to me a people.

34 · This verse (above)

35Thus says YHWH, who gives the sun for light by day, the statutes of the moon and of the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; YHWH Tsevaot is his name:

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