Looking for Jeremiah

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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


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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

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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!ù

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 1:5 "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."
What do we learn here?
I know the created on earth bias interprets this as about thee, but it does open the door to accept it is possible that we existed previously to our human form being created on earth.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible sums it up well:
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee,.... Not merely by his omniscience, so he knows all men before their conception and birth; but with such a knowledge as had special love and affection joined with it; implying a personal relationship with not knowledge about as per:
Matthew 7:
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

Obviously He knew all about them but He did not have a personal relationship with them as GOD suggests HE had with Jeremiah.

If the Scripture said, I knew thee when you were a little child, we would say that Jeremiah existed at that time. If it said, I knew thee when you were in the womb, we would interpret it as saying that Jeremiah existed at that time.

Why then, when the time moves back before the womb, does "I know thee" mean something else, to wit: “I knew about thee"? In the natural use of the word “knew", it is impossible to know someone before they exist, no matter how much you know about them.

You must be careful to not mix up knowing and knowing about.

These are two different things. For example, Christians know Jesus, demons know about Jesus. This difference is also brought out in Matthew 25:12, where Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not... to the five foolish virgins.

He obviously knew all about them, He just did not know them. Mighty big difference! Well this also means that there is a mighty big difference between GOD knowing Jeremiah and GOD knowing about Jeremiah.

Since I believe that GOD knows about this difference, then when GOD says to me that HE knew Jeremiah before his conception, I believe that GOD is sort of telling me that Jeremiah existed before his conception.

If GOD was not bearing witness to Jeremiah's preconception existence in this verse, would you please tell me what HE was revealing? Was it HIS omniscience, that is, was HE telling Jeremiah that HE knew all about him before HE made him in the womb, that is, before he was created?

But Jeremiah needed no revelation of GOD's omniscience. Jeremiah was a priest. He was trained in the Scriptures and the Jews knew about GOD's omniscience long before his time.

 

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yâdaʻ

1) to know

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to know

1a1a) to know, learn to know

1a1b) to perceive

1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern

1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish

1a1e) to know by experience

1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess

1a1g) to consider

1a2) to know, be acquainted with

1a3) to know (a person carnally)

1a4) to know how, be skilful in

1a5) to have knowledge, be wise

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed

1b2) to make oneself known

1b3) to be perceived

1b4) to be instructed

1c) (Piel) to cause to know

1d) (Poal) to cause to know

1e) (Pual)

1e1) to be known

1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)

1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare

1g) (Hophal) to be made known

1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself

 

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- There is and will always be a big difference between what we know or think we know and what Yah.weh knows!

 

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- There should also be a big difference between what we know or think we know today and tomorrow and later on!

 

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- What is interesting is being able to increase what we know or think we know!

 

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- On the other hand, in the Bible, we are told that Yah.weh uses any kind of man for different missions!
- He chooses people but they have free will to go in the right or in the bad direction!
- You can know or think you know people, but they evolve!
- You may know or think you know someone and later you realize it is not the same person you thought you knew or think you knew!

 

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- What is important is what we are at the right time!
- We can't change the past, we can change the present according to the choices we make!

 

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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

- 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, semen

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, semen -




- 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 !

 

[JLG]

12) LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH

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 !

 

[JLG]

13) LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH

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!