Looking for Jeremiah

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Remember that:

• Jeremiah was 17 when Yah.weh called him to transmit Yah.weh ’s message of condamnation!
• Yah.weh forbade him to marry or have children!
• His friends had turned their backs on him!
• He knew what was going to happen!
• He was let alone!
• Horrible conditions would be in a short time, with babies, children, and adults dying “grievous” deaths, their bodies unable to even be buried, and their flesh devoured by the birds!
• Jeremiah preached for 40 years but nobody listened to him!
• He became discouraged!
• What a source of encouragement when we live in a world which is coming to its end!

 

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1) LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH
Chapter one

- Jeremiah was a priest !

- The word of God came to him in the days of Josiah and Jehoiakim and Zedekiah, three kings of Judah until Jerusalem went into exile !

- This chapter is interesting because God says he knew him before he was born and before he was in the womb of his mother !

- He was to be a prophet to the nations !

- We don’t know anything about his parents !

- He told God he was but a boy and didn’t know how to speak !

- But God didn’t give him any choice !

- He wanted him to go to people and tell them his word !

- He would save him !

Jeremiah 1:9 :

Then the LORD

יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


reached out

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (way·yiš·laḥ)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out


His hand,

יָד֔וֹ (yā·ḏōw)

Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 3027: A hand


touched

וַיַּגַּ֖ע (way·yag·ga‘)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike


my mouth,

פִּ֑י (pî)

Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to


and said

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 559: To utter, say


to me:

אֵלַ֔י (’ê·lay)

Preposition | first person common singular

Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to


“Behold,

הִנֵּ֛ה (hin·nêh)

Interjection

Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!


I have put

נָתַ֥תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular

Strong's 5414: To give, put, set


My words

דְבָרַ֖י (ḏə·ḇā·ray)

Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular

Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause


into your mouth.

בְּפִֽיךָ׃ (bə·p̄î·ḵā)

Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

• CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT!

 

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Jeremiah 1:10 :

See,

רְאֵ֞ה (rə·’êh)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular

Strong's 7200: To see

I have appointed

הִפְקַדְתִּ֣יךָ ׀ (hip̄·qaḏ·tî·ḵā)

Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular

Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

you today

הַיּ֣וֹם (hay·yō·wm)

Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3117: A day

over

עַל־ (‘al-)

Preposition

Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

nations

הַגּוֹיִם֙ (hag·gō·w·yim)

Article | Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

and kingdoms

הַמַּמְלָכ֔וֹת (ham·mam·lā·ḵō·wṯ)

Article | Noun - feminine plural

Strong's 4467: Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign


to uproot

לִנְת֥וֹשׁ (lin·ṯō·wōš)

Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 5428: To pull or pluck up, root out

and tear down,

וְלִנְת֖וֹץ (wə·lin·ṯō·wṣ)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 5422: To pull down, break down

to destroy

וּלְהַאֲבִ֣יד (ū·lə·ha·’ă·ḇîḏ)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct

Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

and overthrow,

וְלַהֲר֑וֹס (wə·la·hă·rō·ws)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 2040: To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy

to build

לִבְנ֖וֹת (liḇ·nō·wṯ)

Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 1129: To build

and plant.”

וְלִנְטֽוֹעַ׃ (wə·lin·ṭō·w·a‘)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant


- God is telling Jeremiah that he will tell God’s word to the nations !


- But it will be mainly words of DESTRUCTION !


- And just at the end, there are two small positive verbs !


- BUILD AND PLANT !


- It seems really strange after four verbs of destruction !

 

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Jeremiah 1

- Then God asks Jeremiah what he sees !

- Jeremiah answers by saying that he sees :

- A branch of an almond tree !

- A boiling pot !

What do almond trees represent?


Highly revered in many cultures, the almond symbolizes watchfulness and promise of new life, as this tree is the first to burst into bloom in many countries. For the Jews, the almond branch was the model for the menorah, and for the Christians, it is a symbol of Jesus' virgin birth.9 abr 2012


Spring Blossoms in Art: The Symbol of Life — ArtCorner - overstockArt.com

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What does almond tree mean in Hebrew?
The Hebrew name for the almond (sha-KED) and for the tree (EitzhaSha-KED or shkaydiYAH) coincidentally has the same root letters as a verb meaning “to be eager, alert, awake, diligent, ready to act.”


What is the meaning of the boiling pot in the Bible?
The giant boiling pot, tilted from the north so as to pour its contents over Judah, symbolized a foreign army entering Judah from the north and overrunning the country. This was a judgment brought about by God because of Judah's idolatry (13-16).


Jeremiah 1:13 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary

https://www.studylight.org › commentary › jeremiah

 

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Jeremiah 1

- God says that the kingdoms of the north will set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem !

- But not only against Jerusalem but also against all the cities of Judah !

- And God says why !

- It is about his judgments against their wickedness !

- Because they abandoned him !

- Because they worship other gods !

- Who is concerned ?

- EVERYBODY: KINGS OF JUDAH, THE PRIESTS, THE PEOPLE !

- IT IS DIFFICULT TO BE MORE CLEAR !

- BUT USUALLY PEOPLE ARE DEAF AND BLIND WHEN IT IS INTERESTING FOR THEM !

- BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO LAST !

- THUS ISRAEL AND HUMANITY : SAME FIGHT !

- THE RESULT IS NOT GOING TO BE POSITIVE AT ALL !

 

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Jeremiah 2:2

I remember!

זָכַ֤רְתִּי (zā·ḵar·tî)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular

Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

the devotion

חֶ֣סֶד (ḥe·seḏ)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

of your youth,

נְעוּרַ֔יִךְ (nə·‘ū·ra·yiḵ)

Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular

Strong's 5271: Youth, the state, the persons

your love

אַהֲבַ֖ת (’a·hă·ḇaṯ)

Noun - feminine singular construct

Strong's 160: Love (noun)

as a bride,

כְּלוּלֹתָ֑יִךְ (kə·lū·lō·ṯā·yiḵ)

Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular

Strong's 3623: Bridehood

how you followed

לֶכְתֵּ֤ךְ (leḵ·têḵ)

Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular

Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

Me in the wilderness,

בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר (bam·miḏ·bār)

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

in a land

בְּאֶ֖רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)

Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 776: Earth, land

not

לֹ֥א (lō)

Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no

sown.


- This chapter begins with positive terms :

-Devotion of your youth !

- your love as a bride !

- How you followed me in the wilderness !

- Jeremiah 2:3 : Israel was under God’s protection !

 

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Jeremiah 2:5

This is what

כֹּ֣ה ׀ (kōh)

Adverb

Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the LORD

יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

says:

אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 559: To utter, say

“What

מַה־ (mah-)

Interrogative

Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

fault

עָ֔וֶל (‘ā·wel)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 5766: Injustice, unrighteousness

did your fathers

אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֥ם (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem)

Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural

Strong's 1: Father

find in Me

מָּצְא֨וּ (mā·ṣə·’ū)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

that

כִּ֥י (kî)

Conjunction

Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they strayed so far

רָחֲק֖וּ (rā·ḥă·qū)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

Strong's 7368: To be or become far or distant

from Me,

מֵעָלָ֑י (mê·‘ā·lāy)

Preposition-m | first person common singular

Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and followed

וַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural

Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

worthless idols,

הַהֶ֖בֶל (ha·he·ḇel)

Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

and became worthless themselves?

וַיֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃ (way·yeh·bā·lū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural

Strong's 1891: To act emptily, become vain

- But it didn’t last !

- They abandoned God for worthless idols !

- And became worthless themselves !

- THIS IS THE WORST CONDAMNATION !

- IT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN WORST !

- So when we hear the Pharisees discussing with Jesus, saying Abraham is their father, they forget something crucial !

- Abraham was God’s friend !

- We can’t say the same of Israel !

- Israel was God’s enemy !

- Thus when we hear the Pharisees, it is disgusting !

- If the devil is the father of lies, what are the Pharisees and the scribes ?

- There is no name for such a felony !

 

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Jeremiah 2

- Then God remembers Israel that he brought them from Egypt !

- Thanks to him, they survived in the desert !

- And he gave them the land he promised to Abraham !

- He gave them a good land with many good things !

- What for ?

- Let’s have a look at Jeremiah 2:7

I brought

וָאָבִ֤יא (wā·’ā·ḇî)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular

Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

you

אֶתְכֶם֙ (’eṯ·ḵem)

Direct object marker | second person masculine plural

Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

into

אֶל־ (’el-)

Preposition

Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

a fertile

הַכַּרְמֶ֔ל (hak·kar·mel)

Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3759: A plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growth

land

אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ)

Noun - feminine singular construct

Strong's 776: Earth, land


to eat

לֶאֱכֹ֥ל (le·’ĕ·ḵōl)

Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 398: To eat

its fruit

פִּרְיָ֖הּ (pir·yāh)

Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular

Strong's 6529: Fruit

and bounty,

וְטוּבָ֑הּ (wə·ṭū·ḇāh)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular

Strong's 2898: Good, goodness, beauty, gladness, welfare

but you came

וַתָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (wat·tā·ḇō·’ū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural

Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and defiled

וַתְּטַמְּא֣וּ (wat·tə·ṭam·mə·’ū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural

Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean


My land,

אַרְצִ֔י (’ar·ṣî)

Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular

Strong's 776: Earth, land

and made

שַׂמְתֶּ֖ם (śam·tem)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural

Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

My inheritance

וְנַחֲלָתִ֥י (wə·na·ḥă·lā·ṯî)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular

Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion

detestable.

לְתוֹעֵבָֽה׃ (lə·ṯō·w·‘ê·ḇāh)

Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol


- Can you believe what God says about Israel ?

- It is unbelievable !

- It is shocking !

 

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Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation

גּוֹי֙ (gō·w)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

ever changed

הַהֵימִ֥יר (ha·hê·mîr)

Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 4171: To alter, to barter, to dispose of

its gods?

אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

(though they

וְהֵ֖מָּה (wə·hêm·māh)

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural

Strong's 1992: They

were no

לֹ֣א (lō)

Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no

gods [at all]!)

אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

Yet My people

וְעַמִּ֛י (wə·‘am·mî)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

have exchanged

הֵמִ֥יר (hê·mîr)

Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 4171: To alter, to barter, to dispose of

their Glory

כְּבוֹד֖וֹ (kə·ḇō·w·ḏōw)

Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

for idols

יוֹעִֽיל׃ (yō·w·‘îl)

Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 3276: To confer or gain profit or benefit

[that are] useless.

בְּל֥וֹא (bə·lō·w)

Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 1094: Worn-out things, rags


- It can’t be more clear !

- Why is Israel always going in the same wrong direction ?

- They don’t have any excuse !

- It is not possible to be worse !

- It makes the few faithful servants of God more unbelievable !

- It makes faithfulness something more precious and rare than gold !

 

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Jeremiah 2:9

Therefore,

לָכֵ֗ן (lā·ḵên)

Adverb

Strong's 3651: So -- thus

I will contend

אָרִ֥יב (’ā·rîḇ)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular

Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

with

אִתְּכֶ֖ם (’it·tə·ḵem)

Preposition | second person masculine plural

Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

you again,

עֹ֛ד (‘ōḏ)

Adverb

Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

declares

נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 5002: An oracle

the LORD,

יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and I will bring a case

אָרִֽיב׃ (’ā·rîḇ)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular

Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

against

וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)

Conjunctive waw | Preposition

Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

your children’s

בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)

Noun - masculine plural construct

Strong's 1121: A son

children.

בְנֵיכֶ֖ם (ḇə·nê·ḵem)

Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural

Strong's 1121: A son


- Do you understand the degree of guilt ?

- Against your children’s children !

- And the Pharisees call Abraham their father !

- What a joke !

- Abraham was God’s friend !

 

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Jeremiah 2:12

Be stunned

שֹׁ֥מּוּ (šōm·mū)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy

by

עַל־ (‘al-)

Preposition

Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

this,

זֹ֑את (zōṯ)

Pronoun - feminine singular

Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

O heavens,

שָׁמַ֖יִם (šā·ma·yim)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

be shocked

וְשַׂעֲר֛וּ (wə·śa·‘ă·rū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 8175: To storm, to shiver, fear

and utterly

מְאֹ֖ד (mə·’ōḏ)

Adverb

Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

appalled,

חָרְב֥וּ (ḥā·rə·ḇū)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 2717: To parch, to desolate, destroy, kill

declares

נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 5002: An oracle

the LORD.

יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


- Be stunned !

- Be shocked !

- And utterly appalled !

- This type of vocabulary is strong vocabulary !

- It only implies a heavy condamnation !

- With heavy consequences !

- It is not possible to play with God !

- It means being struck heavily !

- When it is too late it is too late !

 

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Jeremiah 2:13

“For

כִּֽי־ (kî-)

Conjunction

Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

My people

עַמִּ֑י (‘am·mî)

Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

have committed

עָשָׂ֣ה (‘ā·śāh)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 6213: To do, make

two

שְׁתַּ֥יִם (šə·ta·yim)

Number - fd

Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

evils:

רָע֖וֹת (rā·‘ō·wṯ)

Noun - feminine plural

Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

They have forsaken Me,

עָזְב֜וּ (‘ā·zə·ḇū)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

the fountain

מְק֣וֹר ׀ (mə·qō·wr)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 4726: Something dug, a, source, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)

of living

חַיִּ֗ים (ḥay·yîm)

Adjective - masculine plural

Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

water,

מַ֣יִם (ma·yim)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, sperm

and they have dug

לַחְצֹ֤ב (laḥ·ṣōḇ)

Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 2672: To cut, carve, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave

cisterns for themselves,

בֹּאר֔וֹת (bō·rō·wṯ)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 877: A cistern, pit, well

broken

נִשְׁבָּרִ֔ים (niš·bā·rîm)

Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural

Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

cisterns

בֹּארֹת֙ (bō·rōṯ)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 877: A cistern, pit, well

that

אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)

Pronoun - relative

Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

cannot

לֹא־ (lō-)

Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no

hold

יָכִ֖לוּ (yā·ḵi·lū)

Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural

Strong's 3557: To keep in, to measure, to maintain

water.

הַמָּֽיִם׃ (ham·mā·yim)

Article | Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, sperm -




- Listen to what God says !

- God tells about two evils committed by Israel !

- They have forsaken him , the fountain of living water !

- And they have dug cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that cannot hold water !

- Extreme words from God !

- With extreme consequences !

- Israel and humanity are fighting the same fight against God !

- There won’t be any way to go backwards !

- Like with the flood !

- Even the demons can’t go backwards !

- But man’s history shows only one thing : man makes always the wrong choice !

- Remember only a family survived and the majority died !

- Remember the two destructions of Jerusalem : how many people died !

- And they went straight to destruction !

- And they were told again and again !

 

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Jeremiah 2 : 14-20

- Plunder !

- An object of horror !

- Cities on fire !

- Israel is responsible for the consequences !

- They have abandoned God !

- They should use it for correction and to change their attitude !

- But the people prostitute themselves with other gods !

 

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Jeremiah 2 : 21

I
וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

had planted you
נְטַעְתִּ֣יךְ (nə·ṭa‘·tîḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant

like a choice
כֻּלֹּ֖ה (kul·lōh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

vine
שֹׂרֵ֔ק (śō·rêq)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8321: (choice species of) the vine

from the very best
אֱמֶ֑ת (’ĕ·meṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness

seed.
זֶ֣רַע (ze·ra‘)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

How
וְאֵיךְ֙ (wə·’êḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 349: How?, how!, where

could you turn yourself
נֶהְפַּ֣כְתְּ (neh·paḵt)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert

before me,
לִ֔י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

into a rotten
סוּרֵ֖י (sū·rê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5494: Turned off, deteriorated

wild
נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ (nā·ḵə·rî·yāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 5237: Foreign, alien

vine?
הַגֶּ֥פֶן (hag·ge·p̄en)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1612: A vine, the grape


- We are told about a choice vine from the very best seed !

- Which turned into a rotten wild vine !

- God planted the first one and it turned into the second one !

- It shows to which extent God did his best for the Israelites!

- Thus the Israelites are totally responsible for the changes!

- The difference between choice/very best and rotten wild shows two different worlds!

- They have nothing in common!

- There is absolutely no connection between both!

- If we don’t understand that, we can’t understand the Bible!

- We can’t understand what the flood means!

- We can’t understand what is coming!

- It will be such a surprise which shouldn’t be!

- Like the two destructions of Jerusalem!

- The consequences: life for those who will understand, death for many!

 

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Jeremiah 2 : 22


Although

כִּ֤י (kî)

Conjunction

Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you wash

תְּכַבְּסִי֙ (tə·ḵab·bə·sî)

Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person feminine singular

Strong's 3526: To trample, to wash

with lye

בַּנֶּ֔תֶר (ban·ne·ṯer)

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 5427: Natron or carbonate of soda

and use an abundance

וְתַרְבִּי־ (wə·ṯar·bî-)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person feminine singular

Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

of soap,

בֹּרִ֑ית (bō·rîṯ)

Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 1287: Lye, alkali, potash, soap

the stain

נִכְתָּ֤ם (niḵ·tām)

Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular

Strong's 3799: To carve, engrave, to inscribe indelibly

of your guilt

עֲוֺנֵךְ֙ (‘ă·wō·nêḵ)

Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular

Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

is still before Me,”

לְפָנַ֔י (lə·p̄ā·nay)

Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular

Strong's 6440: The face

declares

נְאֻ֖ם (nə·’um)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 5002: An oracle

the Lord

אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 136: The Lord

GOD.

יְהוִֽה׃ (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3069: YHWH


- Israel can’t do anything to clean its guilt!

- And Some say Jeremiah weeps all the time!

- It is a joke!

- It is a shame!

- It is ridiculous!

- It is nonsense!

- It is a dead end!

- It goes nowhere!

- Israel and humanity are leading the same wrong way!

- DESTRUCTION!

- When will men understand!

- Everywhere there is only corruption!

- Is it so difficult to read the Bible and to listen to it?

- There are so many warnings!

 

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Jeremiah 2 : 23

“How

אֵ֣יךְ (’êḵ)

Interjection

Strong's 349: How?, how!, where

can you say,

תֹּאמְרִ֞י (tō·mə·rî)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular

Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘I am not

לֹ֣א (lō)

Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no

defiled;

נִטְמֵ֗אתִי (niṭ·mê·ṯî)

Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular

Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean

I have not

לֹ֣א (lō)

Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no

run

הָלַ֔כְתִּי (hā·laḵ·tî)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular

Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

after

אַחֲרֵ֤י (’a·ḥă·rê)

Preposition

Strong's 310: The hind or following part

the Baals’?

הַבְּעָלִים֙ (hab·bə·‘ā·lîm)

Article | Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 1168: Baal -- a heathen god

Look

רְאִ֤י (rə·’î)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular

Strong's 7200: To see

at your behavior

דַרְכֵּךְ֙ (ḏar·kêḵ)

Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular

Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

in the valley;

בַּגַּ֔יְא (bag·gay)

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular

Strong's 1516: A valley

acknowledge

דְּעִ֖י (də·‘î)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular

Strong's 3045: To know

what

מֶ֣ה (meh)

Interrogative

Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

you have done.

עָשִׂ֑ית (‘ā·śîṯ)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular

Strong's 6213: To do, make

You are a swift

קַלָּ֖ה (qal·lāh)

Adjective - feminine singular

Strong's 7031: Light, swift, fleet

young she-camel

בִּכְרָ֥ה (biḵ·rāh)

Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 1072: A young camel, dromedary

galloping here and there,

מְשָׂרֶ֥כֶת (mə·śā·re·ḵeṯ)

Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular

Strong's 8308: To interlace


- God is clear!

- Israel is a liar!

- Israel is corrupted!

- It is easy to lie to people and make them believe that what they do is right!

- But men can’t cheat God!

- We just have to see what’s on to check it!

- Corruption keeps spreading!

- it reaches all levels!

- Everything is normal!

- But everything is not normal!

- Destroying everything is not normal!

 

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Jeremiah 2 : 24

a wild donkey

פֶּ֣רֶה ׀ (pe·reh)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 6501: A wild donkey

at home in

לִמֻּ֣ד (lim·muḏ)

Adjective - masculine singular construct

Strong's 3928: Instructed

the wilderness,

מִדְבָּ֗ר (miḏ·bār)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

sniffing

שָׁאֲפָ֣ה (šā·’ă·p̄āh)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular

Strong's 7602: To inhale eagerly, to cover, to be angry, to hasten

the wind

ר֔וּחַ (rū·aḥ)

Noun - common singular

Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

in the heat

תַּאֲנָתָ֖הּ (ta·’ă·nā·ṯāh)

Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular

Strong's 8385: Occasion or time of copulation

of her

נַפְשָׁהּ֙ (nap̄·šāh)

Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular

Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

desire.

בְּאַוַּ֤ת (bə·’aw·waṯ)

Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct

Strong's 185: Longing

Who

מִ֣י (mî)

Interrogative

Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

can restrain her passion?

יְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּה (yə·šî·ḇen·nāh)

Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular

Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

All

כָּל־ (kāl-)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

who seek her

מְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙ (mə·ḇaq·še·hā)

Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular

Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

need not

לֹ֣א (lō)

Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no

weary themselves;

יִיעָ֔פוּ (yî·‘ā·p̄ū)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural

Strong's 3286: To be weary, faint

in mating season

בְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּ (bə·ḥā·ḏə·šāh)

Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular

Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month

they will find her.

יִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃ (yim·ṣā·’ū·nə·hā)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular, Paragogic nun

Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present


- In the heat of her desire!

- Who can restrain her passion?

- In mating season they will find her!

- Is it possible to be clearer?

- Israel has a passion for false gods!

- Israel doesn’t care about God!

- Israel has nothing to do with Abraham, God’s friend!

- There is absolutely no relationship to God!

- Or Israel’s relationship is completely empty!

- The Pharisees and the scribes are empty and liars!

- It’s a fraud!

- Israel is a leech!

- Israel always goes after false gods and when the situation is too bad, they play a game!

- It is so different from God’s faithful servants like Job, Daniel, Samuel and many others!

 

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Jeremiah 2 : 25


Keep

מִנְעִ֤י (min·‘î)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular

Strong's 4513: To debar, from benefit, injury

your feet

רַגְלֵךְ֙ (raḡ·lêḵ)

Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular

Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

from being unshod

מִיָּחֵ֔ף (mî·yā·ḥêp̄)

Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular

Strong's 3182: Unsandalled

and your throat

וּגְרוֹנֵ֖ךְ (ū·ḡə·rō·w·nêḵ)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular

Strong's 1637: A threshing-floor, open area

from thirst.

מִצִּמְאָ֑ה (miṣ·ṣim·’āh)

Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 6773: Parched condition

But you say,

וַתֹּאמְרִ֣י (wat·tō·mə·rî)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular

Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘It is hopeless!

נוֹאָ֔שׁ (nō·w·’āš)

Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular

Strong's 2976: To desist, to despond

I love

אָהַ֥בְתִּי (’ā·haḇ·tî)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular

Strong's 157: To have affection f

foreign [gods],

זָרִ֖ים (zā·rîm)

Adjective - masculine plural

Strong's 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery

and I must go after

וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֥ם (wə·’a·ḥă·rê·hem)

Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine plural

Strong's 310: The hind or following part

them.’

אֵלֵֽךְ׃ (’ê·lêḵ)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular

Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk


- It is hopeless!

- I love foreign (gods) and I must go after them!

- Israel appears like a prostitute!

- It seems to be that any false foreign god is better than God!

- He gave them everything and that’s how they thank him by prostituting with other gods!

- Do you understand now why he was so angry!

- Do you understand why he wanted to exterminate Israel!

- It is incredible to think that Moses could stop him for doing it!

- Any human king would have exterminated such a prostitute!

 

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Jeremiah 2 : 26


As the thief

גַּנָּב֙ (gan·nāḇ)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 1590: A stealer

is ashamed

כְּבֹ֤שֶׁת (kə·ḇō·šeṯ)

Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct

Strong's 1322: Shame, shameful thing

when

כִּ֣י (kî)

Conjunction

Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he is caught,

יִמָּצֵ֔א (yim·mā·ṣê)

Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

so

כֵּ֥ן (kên)

Adverb

Strong's 3651: So -- thus

the house

בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 1004: A house

of Israel

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his descendants

is disgraced.

הֹבִ֖ישׁוּ (hō·ḇî·šū)

Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural

Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed

They,

הֵ֤מָּה (hêm·māh)

Pronoun - third person masculine plural

Strong's 1992: They

their kings,

מַלְכֵיהֶם֙ (mal·ḵê·hem)

Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

Strong's 4428: A king

their officials,

שָֽׂרֵיהֶ֔ם (śā·rê·hem)

Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

their priests,

וְכֹהֲנֵיהֶ֖ם (wə·ḵō·hă·nê·hem)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

Strong's 3548: Priest

and their prophets

וּנְבִיאֵיהֶֽם׃ (ū·nə·ḇî·’ê·hem)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet


- As the thief is ashamed when he is caught!

- So the house of Israel is disgraced!

- Their kings, their officials, their priests and their prophets!

- All powers are concerned!

- And especially the religious leaders and the false prophets who taught the people to prostitute themselves!

- What about humanity and the religious leaders?

 

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Jeremiah 2 : 27

say

אֹמְרִ֨ים (’ō·mə·rîm)

Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural

Strong's 559: To utter, say

to a tree,

לָעֵ֜ץ (lā·‘êṣ)

Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

‘You

אַ֗תָּה (’at·tāh)

Pronoun - second person masculine singular

Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are my father,’

אָ֣בִי (’ā·ḇî)

Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

Strong's 1: Father

and to a stone,

וְלָאֶ֙בֶן֙ (wə·lā·’e·ḇen)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 68: A stone

‘You

אַ֣תְּ (’at)

Pronoun - second person feminine singular

Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

gave birth to me.’

יְלִדְתָּ֔נוּ (yə·liḏ·tā·nū)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | first person common plural

Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

For

כִּֽי־ (kî-)

Conjunction

Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they have turned

פָנ֥וּ (p̄ā·nū)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

their backs

עֹ֖רֶף (‘ō·rep̄)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 6203: The nape, back of the neck, the back

to Me

אֵלַ֛י (’ê·lay)

Preposition | first person common singular

Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

and not

וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)

Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no

their faces,

פָנִ֑ים (p̄ā·nîm)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 6440: The face

yet in the time

וּבְעֵ֤ת (ū·ḇə·‘êṯ)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct

Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

of trouble

רָֽעָתָם֙ (rā·‘ā·ṯām)

Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

they beg,

יֹֽאמְר֔וּ (yō·mə·rū)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural

Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Rise up

ק֖וּמָה (qū·māh)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular

Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

and save us!’

וְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ׃ (wə·hō·wō·šî·‘ê·nū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common plural

Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor


- They say to a tree: “you are my father!”

- To a stone: “you gave birth to me!”

- It is possible to understand why men have always made gods in their image!

- They want to copy nature!

- Or they only know how to copy nature!

- But it is difficult to understand how Israel could do the same when God did so many things to them!

- Or no it is too easy!

- They did exactly the opposite of what faithful servants of God have always done!

- If you don’t get closer to someone, you get away from him!

- It is so easy to do it!

- Israel did it!

- Humanity did it!

- What about you?

- If you are away from the Bible, you are away from God!