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89) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 3:25


Let us lie down

נִשְׁכְּבָ֣ה (niš·kə·ḇāh)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural

Strong's 7901: To lie down


in our shame;

בְּבָשְׁתֵּ֗נוּ (bə·ḇā·šə·tê·nū)

Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural

Strong's 1322: Shame, shameful thing


let our disgrace

כְּלִמָּתֵנוּ֒ (kə·lim·mā·ṯê·nū)

Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural

Strong's 3639: Insult, reproach, ignominy


cover us.

וּֽתְכַסֵּנוּ֮ (ū·ṯə·ḵas·sê·nū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common plural

Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover


We have sinned

חָטָ֗אנוּ (ḥā·ṭā·nū)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural

Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn


against the LORD

לַיהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh)

Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular

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


our God,

אֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)

Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural

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


both we

אֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ (’ă·naḥ·nū)

Pronoun - first person common plural

Strong's 587: We


and our fathers;

וַאֲבוֹתֵ֔ינוּ (wa·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū)

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

Strong's 1: Father


from our youth

מִנְּעוּרֵ֖ינוּ (min·nə·‘ū·rê·nū)

Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural

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


even to

וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)

Conjunctive waw | Preposition

Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while


this

הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh)

Article | Pronoun - masculine singular

Strong's 2088: This, that


day

הַיּ֣וֹם (hay·yō·wm)

Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3117: A day


we have not

וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)

Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no


obeyed

שָׁמַ֔עְנוּ (šā·ma‘·nū)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural

Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently


the voice

בְּק֖וֹל (bə·qō·wl)

Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 6963: A voice, sound


of the LORD

יְהֹוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

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


our God.”

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)

Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural

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

• Shame!
• Disgrace!
• Sin against Yah.weh!
• We have not obeyed the voice of Yah.weh our God!
• We have just to put mankind instead of Judah or Israel and we get the same message of condemnation!

 

[JLG]

90) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:1


“If

אִם־ (’im-)

Conjunction

Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not


you will return,

תָּשׁ֨וּב (tā·šūḇ)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular

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


O Israel,

יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל ׀ (yiś·rā·’êl)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

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


return

תָּשׁ֑וּב (tā·šūḇ)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular

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


to Me,”

אֵלַ֖י (’ê·lay)

Preposition | first person common singular

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


declares

נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 5002: An oracle


the LORD.

יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

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


“If

וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)

Conjunctive waw | Conjunction

Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not


you will remove

תָּסִ֧יר (tā·sîr)

Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular

Strong's 5493: To turn aside


your detestable idols

שִׁקּוּצֶ֛יךָ (šiq·qū·ṣe·ḵā)

Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular

Strong's 8251: Disgusting, filthy, idolatrous, an idol


from My sight

מִפָּנַ֖י (mip·pā·nay)

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

Strong's 6440: The face


and no longer

וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)

Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no


waver,

תָנֽוּד׃ (ṯā·nūḏ)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular

Strong's 5110: To nod, waver, to wander, flee, disappear, to console, deplore, taunt

• Return!
• Remove their detestable idols from his sight!
• No longer waver!
• Yah.weh is asking simple things!
• He is not asking a lot!
• We have to do our part!

 

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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.

Jer 1:5 just means that God is not bound by space nor time. He can see the future just as easily as we see the present. It doesn't mean that we existed as spirits before we were born, as Mormons incorrectly assume. That heresy was similar to a heresy that Origen was anathemized for by the Church.

 

[JLG]

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before
בְּטֶ֨רֶם (bə·ṭe·rem)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

I formed
אֶצָּרְךָ֤ (’eṣ·ṣā·rə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine

you in the womb
בַבֶּ֙טֶן֙ (ḇab·be·ṭen)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything

I knew you,
יְדַעְתִּ֔יךָ (yə·ḏa‘·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

and before
וּבְטֶ֛רֶם (ū·ḇə·ṭe·rem)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

you were born
תֵּצֵ֥א (tê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

I set you apart
הִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֑יךָ (hiq·daš·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated

[and] appointed
נְתַתִּֽיךָ׃ (nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

you a prophet
נָבִ֥יא (nā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

to the nations.”
לַגּוֹיִ֖ם (lag·gō·w·yim)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

- if we pay a bit more attention, we can see that there are two parts:
- Before the womb!
- In the womb!
- And in the womb there is a period of nine months, and during these nine months there is an interconnection between the mother and her child!

When Does the Fetus's Brain Begin to Work?

The central nervous system composed of the brain and spinal cord, matures from tail to head. Learn more about fetal brain activity.

www.zerotothree.org

When Does the Fetus’s Brain Begin to Work?​

In just the fifth week after conception, the first synapses begin forming in a fetus’s spinal cord. By the sixth week, these early neural connections permit the first fetal movements–spontaneous arches and curls of the whole body–that researchers can detect through ultrasound imaging. Many other movements soon follow–of the limbs (around eight weeks) and fingers (ten weeks), as well as some surprisingly coordinated actions (hiccuping, stretching, yawning, sucking, swallowing, grasping, and thumb-sucking). By the end of the first trimester, a fetus’s movement repertoire is remarkably rich, even though most pregnant women can feel none of it. (Most women sense the first fetal movements around eighteen weeks of pregnancy.)

The second trimester marks the onset of other critical reflexes: continuous breathing movements (that is, rhythmic contractions of the diaphragm and chest muscles) and coordinated sucking and swallowing reflexes. These abilities are controlled by the brainstem, which sits above the spinal cord but below the higher, more recently-evolved cerebral cortex. The brainstem is responsible for many of our body’s most vital functions–heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure. Fetal brain activity is largely mature by the end of the second trimester, which is when babies first become able to survive outside the womb.

Last of all to mature is the cerebral cortex, which is responsible for most of what we think of as mental life–conscious experience, voluntary actions, thinking, remembering, and feeling. It has only begun to function around the time gestation comes to an end. Premature babies show very basic electrical activity in the primary sensory regions of the cerebral cortex–those areas that perceive touch, vision, and hearing–as well as in primary motor regions of the cerebral cortex. In the last trimester, fetuses are capable of simple forms of learning, like habituating (decreasing their startle response) to a repeated auditory stimulus, such as a loud clap just outside the mother’s abdomen. Late-term fetuses also seem to learn about the sensory qualities of the womb, since several studies have shown that newborn babies respond to familiar odors (such as their own amniotic fluid) and sounds (such as a maternal heartbeat or their own mother’s voice). In spite of these rather sophisticated abilities, babies enter the world with a still-primitive cerebral cortex, and it is the gradual maturation of this complex part of the brain that explains much of their emotional and cognitive maturation in the first few years of life.

- Now think about Samuel and his mother!
- She took decisions that would influence his whole life and that before he was born!

- Now Yah.weh set Jeremiah apart and appointed him a prophet when he was in the womb, not before!

- Now you must take into account the fact that Ancient Hebrew is very limited compared to Ancient Greek!
- Meaning that one word can be used in different contexts and can be translated by different words in modern languages!
- The Hebrew word traduced by know can also mean to have sexual relations!

 

[JLG]

Jer 1:5 just means that God is not bound by space nor time. He can see the future just as easily as we see the present. It doesn't mean that we existed as spirits before we were born, as Mormons incorrectly assume. That heresy was similar to a heresy that Origen was anathemized for by the Church.

- I have added a commentary just before!

 

[TedT]

Last of all to mature is the cerebral cortex, which is responsible for most of what we think of as mental life–conscious experience, voluntary actions, thinking, remembering, and feeling. It has only begun to function around the time gestation comes to an end. Premature babies show very basic electrical activity in the primary sensory regions of the cerebra

Very good...except we have a very notable anomaly in Gen 25: 21-23 in which the twins were fighting so hard to crush each other to pieces, (ratsats is not wiggling to get more room!) that Rebecca went to GOD about it and learned they were murderous because they wanted to be first born!
How could they know about the Hebrew laws of primogeniture?
How could they know what family or culture they would be born into?
How could they know that murdering their sibling would give them the rights of the first born?

Isn't it obvious that their spirits knew these things and they not tabula rasa bound by the deficiencies of their immature brains? The obvious answer to these questions is that they existed as spirits in heaven or Sheol (before being sown into their bodies, Matt 13:36-39, where they heard all about these things and brought that knowledge with them into their earthly bodies.

The only reason to reject this FACE VALUE understanding of an otherwise impossible story is because of the established tradition which we inherited from those paragons of theology, the Rabbis, that we are created on earth and have no existence prior to our conception <facepalm>.

 

[TedT]

Jer 1:5 just means that God is not bound by space nor time. He can see the future just as easily as we see the present. It doesn't mean that we existed as spirits before we were born, as Mormons incorrectly assume. That heresy was similar to a heresy that Origen was anathemized for by the Church.

Everyone not orthodox Catholic is someone's heretic. And every heresy is built upon a truth or it is another religion not a heresy of the Christian religion. Origen's anathematization is hotly disputed as to whether it actually ever happened but unless your own theology is perfectly in accord with the General Council of May, 553, then by your standards here, you too are a heretic.

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."
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; in which sense the Lord knows them that are his, as he does not others, and predestinates them unto eternal life...

Ths implies a personal relationship with not just 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 and which leads me to suggest one cannot have a loving personal relationship with someone who doesn't exist, someone who is a figment of our imagination.

I personally don't think this is a "knock you over the head" proof verse of our pre-conception existence but apparently it was enough to sway Origen, the Father of Modern Theology.

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind: John 9:1–23
1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

How does it make sense that the disciples ask if the man was born blind due to his own sin, if they did not believe in the pre-existence of the spirit/person able to sin before their birth on earth? Notice Jesus did not correct them for making an error about their creation but only about the reason for his suffering.

 

[JLG]

Very good...except we have a very notable anomaly in Gen 25: 21-23 in which the twins were fighting so hard to crush each other to pieces, (ratsats is not wiggling to get more room!) that Rebecca went to GOD about it and learned they were murderous because they wanted to be first born!
How could they know about the Hebrew laws of primogeniture?
How could they know what family or culture they would be born into?
How could they know that murdering their sibling would give them the rights of the first born?

Isn't it obvious that their spirits knew these things and they not tabula rasa bound by the deficiencies of their immature brains? The obvious answer to these questions is that they existed as spirits in heaven or Sheol (before being sown into their bodies, Matt 13:36-39, where they heard all about these things and brought that knowledge with them into their earthly bodies.

The only reason to reject this FACE VALUE understanding of an otherwise impossible story is because of the established tradition which we inherited from those paragons of theology, the Rabbis, that we are created on earth and have no existence prior to our conception <facepalm>.

- Nature doesn't like emptiness!

- Let's have a look at sibling rivalry!

- Quite interesting!

Twins Caught Fighting in the Womb

Sibling rivalry can begin even before birth and modern medicine has proven it. Researchers in London have footage of twins fighting for legroom in the womb.

abcnews.go.com

Dec. 3, 2012&#151; -- Sibling rivalry can apparently begin even before birth and researchers in London have remarkable footage of twins fighting for legroom in the womb.

The footage shows the legs of the smaller of the two fetuses extending into the space of the larger fetus, as if trying to push it back or kick at it, although it's not certain what is really going on between the fetuses.

"If you've got two fetuses in the womb, they can't possibly stay in their own space," Dr. Marjorie Greenfield, division chief of general obstetrics and gynecology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, told ABCNews.com.

Greenfield is hesitant to call the movement fighting, but she still finds the video interesting.

"Twins have been kicking in wombs for millennia," said Greenfield. "Only now we're able to experience it like this."

The scientists used cinematic-MRI, which utilizes magnetic resonance imaging to string together moving pictures from inside the body. Unlike CAT scans, the procedure does not use radiation and is far safer for the fetus.

The video comes from a study aimed at diagnosing a rare but increasingly more common condition unique to identical twins. Called twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, the condition causes the twins' blood flow to essentially become interconnected. One baby inevitably loses out to the other, receiving less blood, and stops growing. The other baby then grows dangerously fast, putting it at risk of cardiovascular complications and premature birth.

Doctors hope cinematic-MRI technology, which has been used on pregnant women before, will become a more common tool for identifying twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome as more innovations that fix the life threatening issue become available.

 

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How does it make sense that the disciples ask if the man was born blind due to his own sin, if they did not believe in the pre-existence of the spirit/person able to sin before their birth on earth? Notice Jesus did not correct them for making an error about their creation but only about the reason for his suffering.

Where would that pre-existence sinning occur? In heaven? In a previous life? Sounds like reincarnation.

 

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91) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:2


and if you can swear,

וְנִשְׁבַּ֙עְתָּ֙ (wə·niš·ba‘·tā)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular

Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear


‘As surely as the LORD

יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

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


lives,’

חַי־ (ḥay-)

Noun - masculine singular

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


in truth,

בֶּאֱמֶ֖ת (be·’ĕ·meṯ)

Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness


in justice,

בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט (bə·miš·pāṭ)

Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style


and in righteousness,

וּבִצְדָקָ֑ה (ū·ḇiṣ·ḏā·qāh)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively


then the nations

גּוֹיִ֖ם (gō·w·yim)

Noun - masculine plural

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


will be blessed by Him,

וְהִתְבָּ֥רְכוּ (wə·hiṯ·bā·rə·ḵū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural

Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse


and in Him

ב֛וֹ (ḇōw)

Preposition | third person masculine singular

Strong's Hebrew


they will glory.”

יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ׃ (yiṯ·hal·lā·lū)

Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural

Strong's 1984: To shine

• Truth!
  Justice!
• Righteousness!
• The nations could be blessed!
• But repentance is necessary!
• No repentance, no blessings!
• Everyone must play his part!

 

[JLG]

92) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:3


For

כִּי־ (kî-)

Conjunction

Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction


this is what

כֹ֣ה ׀ (ḵōh)

Adverb

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


the LORD

יְהֹוָ֗ה (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


to the men

לְאִ֤ישׁ (lə·’îš)

Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person


of Judah

יְהוּדָה֙ (yə·hū·ḏāh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites


and Jerusalem:

וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (wə·lî·rū·šā·lim)

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

Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel


“Break up

נִ֥ירוּ (nî·rū)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 5214: To break up, freshly till


your unplowed ground,

נִ֑יר (nîr)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 5215: Plowing, freshly plowed land


and do not

וְאַֽל־ (wə·’al-)

Conjunctive waw | Adverb

Strong's 408: Not


sow

תִּזְרְע֖וּ (tiz·rə·‘ū)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural

Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify


among

אֶל־ (’el-)

Preposition

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


the thorns.

קוֹצִֽים׃ (qō·w·ṣîm)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 6975: A thorn, thornbush

• Judah and Jerusalem are told by Yah.weh not to sow among the thorns!
• First, you need to take away the thorns!
• Then you can sow!
• The problem is that they need to take away corruption and man’s tradition to obey Yah.weh!
• There is Yah.weh’s word through the Bible!
• But people don’t care!
• They prefer to follow man’s tradition!
• But man’s tradition has never saved anybody!
• And it won’t saved anybody during the Big One!

 

[JLG]

93) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves

הִמֹּ֣לוּ (him·mō·lū)

Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 4135: To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy


to the LORD,

לַיהֹוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)

Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular

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


remove

וְהָסִ֙רוּ֙ (wə·hā·si·rū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 5493: To turn aside


the foreskins

עָרְל֣וֹת (‘ā·rə·lō·wṯ)

Noun - feminine plural construct

Strong's 6190: The prepuce


of your hearts,

לְבַבְכֶ֔ם (lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem)

Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural

Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart


O men

אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person


of Judah

יְהוּדָ֖ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites


and people

וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י (wə·yō·šə·ḇê)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct

Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry


of Jerusalem.

יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)

Noun - proper - feminine singular

Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel


Otherwise,

פֶּן־ (pen-)

Conjunction

Strong's 6435: Removal, lest


My wrath

חֲמָתִ֗י (ḥă·mā·ṯî)

Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular

Strong's 2534: Heat, anger, poison


will break out

תֵּצֵ֨א (tê·ṣê)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular

Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim


like fire

כָאֵ֜שׁ (ḵā·’êš)

Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular

Strong's 784: A fire


and burn

וּבָעֲרָה֙ (ū·ḇā·‘ă·rāh)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular

Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish


with no

וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên)

Conjunctive waw | Adverb

Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle


one to extinguish it,

מְכַבֶּ֔ה (mə·ḵab·beh)

Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular

Strong's 3518: To be quenched or extinguished, to go out


because of

מִפְּנֵ֖י (mip·pə·nê)

Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct

Strong's 6440: The face


your evil

רֹ֥עַ (rō·a‘)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 7455: Badness, evil


deeds.”

מַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃ (ma·‘al·lê·ḵem)

Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural

Strong's 4611: A deed, practice

• They must circumcise themselves!
• They must circumcise their hearts!
• Yah.weh’s wrath is going to break out like fire!
• And burn everything!
• Because of their evil deeds!
• It is clear like crystal!
• Being Yah.weh’s people is a pipe dream!
• Reality is different!
• Only appearances!
• But it doesn’t work!

 

[JLG]

94) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:5


Announce

הַגִּ֣ידוּ (hag·gî·ḏū)

Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous


in Judah,

בִֽיהוּדָ֗ה (ḇî·hū·ḏāh)

Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites


proclaim

הַשְׁמִ֔יעוּ (haš·mî·‘ū)

Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently


in Jerusalem,

וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (ū·ḇî·rū·šā·lim)

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular

Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel


and say:

וְאִמְר֕וּ (wə·’im·rū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 559: To utter, say


“Blow

תִּקְע֥וּ (tiq·‘ū)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 8628: To clatter, slap, clang, to drive, to become bondsman


the trumpet

שׁוֹפָ֖ר (šō·w·p̄ār)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 7782: A cornet, curved horn


in the land.

בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 776: Earth, land


Cry aloud

קִרְא֤וּ (qir·’ū)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read


and say,

וְאִמְר֔וּ (wə·’im·rū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 559: To utter, say


‘Assemble yourselves

הֵאָסְפ֥וּ (hê·’ā·sə·p̄ū)

Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove


and let us flee

וְנָב֖וֹאָה (wə·nā·ḇō·w·’āh)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural

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


to

אֶל־ (’el-)

Preposition

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


the fortified

הַמִּבְצָֽר׃ (ham·miḇ·ṣār)

Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 4013: A fortification, castle, fortified city, a defender


cities.’

עָרֵ֥י (‘ā·rê)

Noun - feminine plural construct

Strong's 5892: Excitement

• People must assemble themselves!
• And flee to the fortified cities!
• Definitely not a good time!
• But people get used to hearing it!
• They don’t care!
• But it is not an excuse!

 

[JLG]

95) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:6


Raise

שְׂאוּ־ (śə·’ū-)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take


a signal flag

נֵ֣ס (nês)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 5251: A flag, a sail, a flagstaff, a signal, a token


toward Zion.

צִיּ֔וֹנָה (ṣî·yō·w·nāh)

Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular

Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem


Seek refuge!

הָעִ֖יזוּ (hā·‘î·zū)

Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 5756: To be strong, to stregthen, to save


Do not

אַֽל־ (’al-)

Adverb

Strong's 408: Not


delay!

תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ (ta·‘ă·mō·ḏū)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural

Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations


For

כִּ֣י (kî)

Conjunction

Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction


I

אָנֹכִ֛י (’ā·nō·ḵî)

Pronoun - first person common singular

Strong's 595: I


am bringing

מֵבִ֥יא (mê·ḇî)

Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular

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


disaster

רָעָ֗ה (rā·‘āh)

Adjective - feminine singular

Strong's 7451: Bad, evil


from the north,

מִצָּפ֖וֹן (miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn)

Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter


and terrible

גָּדֽוֹל׃ (gā·ḏō·wl)

Adjective - masculine singular

Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent


destruction.

וְשֶׁ֥בֶר (wə·še·ḇer)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 7667: A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash

• It is time to seek refuge!
• The expression do not delay is clear!
• Yah.weh is going to bring disaster from the north!
• And it will bring terrible destruction!
• Destruction is something but terrible destruction is much more powerful!
• It means no possibility to escape!
• It corresponds to the degree of Yah.weh’s anger!

 

[JLG]

96) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:7


A lion

אַרְיֵה֙ (’ar·yêh)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 738: A lion


has gone up

עָלָ֤ה (‘ā·lāh)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively


from his thicket,

מִֽסֻּבְּכ֔וֹ (mis·sub·bə·ḵōw)

Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 5441: A thicket


and a destroyer

וּמַשְׁחִ֣ית (ū·maš·ḥîṯ)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct

Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin


of nations

גּוֹיִ֔ם (gō·w·yim)

Noun - masculine plural

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


has set out.

נָסַ֖ע (nā·sa‘)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 5265: To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey


He has left

יָצָ֣א (yā·ṣā)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim


his lair

מִמְּקֹמ֑וֹ (mim·mə·qō·mōw)

Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition


to lay

לָשׂ֤וּם (lā·śūm)

Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

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


waste

לְשַׁמָּ֔ה (lə·šam·māh)

Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 8047: Ruin, consternation


to your land.

אַרְצֵךְ֙ (’ar·ṣêḵ)

Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular

Strong's 776: Earth, land


Your cities

עָרַ֥יִךְ (‘ā·ra·yiḵ)

Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular

Strong's 5892: Excitement


will be reduced

מֵאֵ֥ין (mê·’ên)

Preposition-m | Adverb

Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle


to ruins

תִּצֶּ֖ינָה (tiṣ·ṣe·nāh)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural

Strong's 5327: To go forth, to be expelled, desolate, to lay waste, to quarrel


and lie uninhabited.

יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ (yō·wō·šêḇ)

Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular

Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

• The destroyer is coming!
• He is like a lion!
• The country will be destroyed!
• And will become inhabited!
• DESOLATION!
• They were told again and again!
• Mankind is told again and again!
• But they didn’t care!
• But they don’t care!
• And destruction came!
• And destruction will come!

 

[JLG]

97) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:8

So

עַל־ (‘al-)

Preposition

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


put on

חִגְר֥וּ (ḥiḡ·rū)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 2296: To gird, gird on, gird oneself


sackcloth,

שַׂקִּ֖ים (śaq·qîm)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag


mourn

סִפְד֣וּ (sip̄·ḏū)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 5594: To tear the hair and beat the breasts, to lament, to wail


and wail,

וְהֵילִ֑ילוּ (wə·hê·lî·lū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural

Strong's 3213: To howl, make a howling


for

כִּ֥י (kî)

Conjunction

Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction


the fierce

חֲר֥וֹן (ḥă·rō·wn)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 2740: A burning of anger


anger

אַף־ (’ap̄-)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire


of the LORD

יְהֹוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

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


has not

לֹא־ (lō-)

Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no


turned away

שָׁ֛ב (šāḇ)

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

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


from us.”

מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ (mim·men·nū)

Preposition | first person common plural

Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

• The fierce anger of Yah.weh against Israel!
• The fierce anger against Judah!
• The fierce anger against mankind!
• Man never understands!
• That’s his choice!
• Then he has always paid the consequences!
• In fact, it’s only a question of life and death!

 

[JLG]

98) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:9

“In that

הַהוּא֙ (ha·hū)

Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular

Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are


day,”

בַיּוֹם־ (ḇay·yō·wm-)

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3117: A day


declares

נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 5002: An oracle


the LORD,

יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

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


“the king

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)

Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 4428: A king


and officials

הַשָּׂרִ֑ים (haś·śā·rîm)

Article | Noun - masculine plural

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


will lose

יֹאבַ֥ד (yō·ḇaḏ)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

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


their courage.

לֵב־ (lêḇ-)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre


The priests

הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm)

Article | Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 3548: Priest


will tremble in fear,

וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ (wə·nā·šam·mū)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural

Strong's 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy


and the prophets

וְהַנְּבִיאִ֖ים (wə·han·nə·ḇî·’îm)

Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet


will be astounded.”

יִתְמָֽהוּ׃ (yiṯ·mā·hū)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural

Strong's 8539: To be astounded or dumbfounded

• The king, the officials, the priests and the prophets!
• They will lose courage, they will tremble in fear, they will be astounded!
• Everybody will be concerned!
• It will be a shock!
• When you see something special occurring before you, it is a shock!
• When you have been warned again and again, what is it?

 

[JLG]

99) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:10


Then I said,

וָאֹמַ֞ר (wā·’ō·mar)

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

Strong's 559: To utter, say


“Ah,

אֲהָ֣הּ ׀ (’ă·hāh)

Interjection

Strong's 162: Alas!


Lord

אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 136: The Lord


GOD,

יְהוִ֗ה (Yah·weh)

Noun - proper - masculine singular

Strong's 3069: YHWH


how completely

אָכֵן֩ (’ā·ḵên)

Adverb

Strong's 403: Firmly, surely, but


You have deceived

הַשֵּׁ֨א (haš·šê)

Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute

Strong's 5377: To lead astray, to delude, to seduce


this

הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh)

Article | Pronoun - masculine singular

Strong's 2088: This, that


people

לָעָ֤ם (lā·‘ām)

Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular

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


and Jerusalem

וְלִירוּשָׁלִַ֣ם (wə·lî·rū·šā·lim)

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

Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel


by saying,

לֵאמֹ֔ר (lê·mōr)

Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 559: To utter, say


‘You will have

יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be


peace,’

שָׁל֖וֹם (šā·lō·wm)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace


when a sword

חֶ֖רֶב (ḥe·reḇ)

Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword


is at

עַד־ (‘aḏ-)

Preposition

Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while


our throats.”

הַנָּֽפֶשׁ׃ (han·nā·p̄eš)

Article | Noun - feminine singular

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

• Strange way to speak about Yah.weh!
• He has always been clear!
• There is no peace for those who oppose Yah.weh!
• There will be no peace for those who oppose Yah.weh!
• Yah.weh will never change his mind!
• They have played with him, they must pay!
• Same for mankind!
• Now we must listen to the right people!
• We mustn’t listen to those who say everything will be fine!
• Remember Adam and Eve!
• No you won’t die!
• But they died!
• And before that, their lives changed completely for the worst!
• Now look at our modern world!
• Look how it is degrading faster and faster!
• And they said it would get better and better!
• But they are ruining the earth!
• And if Yah.weh wouldn’t intervene, they would destroy the earth completely!

 

[JLG]

100) Looking for Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:11

At that

הַהִ֗יא (ha·hî)

Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular

Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are


time

בָּעֵ֣ת (bā·‘êṯ)

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular

Strong's 6256: Time, now, when


it will be said

יֵאָמֵ֤ר (yê·’ā·mêr)

Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

Strong's 559: To utter, say


to this

הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh)

Article | Pronoun - masculine singular

Strong's 2088: This, that


people

לָֽעָם־ (lā·‘ām-)

Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular

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


and to Jerusalem,

וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (wə·lî·rū·šā·lim)

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

Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel


“A searing

צַ֤ח (ṣaḥ)

Adjective - masculine singular construct

Strong's 6703: Dazzling, sunny, bright, evident


wind

ר֣וּחַ (rū·aḥ)

Noun - common singular construct

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


from the barren heights

שְׁפָיִים֙ (šə·p̄ā·yîm)

Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 8205: Bareness, a smooth or bare height


in the desert

בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר (bam·miḏ·bār)

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular

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


blows toward

דֶּ֖רֶךְ (de·reḵ)

Noun - common singular construct

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


the daughter

בַּת־ (baṯ-)

Noun - feminine singular construct

Strong's 1323: A daughter


of My people,

עַמִּ֑י (‘am·mî)

Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular

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


but not

ל֥וֹא (lō·w)

Adverb - Negative particle

Strong's 3808: Not, no


to winnow

לִזְר֖וֹת (liz·rō·wṯ)

Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Strong's 2219: To toss about, to diffuse, winnow


or to sift;

לְהָבַֽר׃ (lə·hā·ḇar)

Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct

Strong's 1305: To clarify, examine, select

• Here we are told about a searing wind from the barren heights in the desert that is supposed to blow toward the daughter of Yah.weh’s people but not to winnow or to sift!

• Searing: extremely hot or intense!
• To winnow: blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff.
• To sift: put (a fine or loose substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles.
• "sift the flour into a large bowl"
• It means bad news!

 

[TedT]

"Twins have been kicking in wombs for millennia," said Greenfield. "Only now we're able to experience it like this."

Ahhhh, so modern science gives the lie to scripture??