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 in that 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 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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2) LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH

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​

https://www.overstockart.com › blog › spring-blossoms-in

What does almond tree mean in Hebrew?

The Hebrew name for the almond (sha-KED) and for the tree (Eitz haSha-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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4) LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH

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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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 before there 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 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 !

Similar when applied to Moses who resisted being a prophet


Exodus 4:10-12 King James Version10 And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

Yes, an excellent teaching tool Teaches us how God who is not served by human hands as a will sends out his prophecy through his apostles.

An interpretation law as a tool that applies to all apostles sent with prophecy. God putting his thoughts on their lips and then watches to make sure the words have the unseen understanding intended. (as almond fruit) In that way he spoke in parables hiding the spiritual not seen understanding from the lost.

Jerimiah 1:9 Then the Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

He works in us to give us his authoritative understanding in matters of our new born- again faith. The unseen eternal (rod of a almond tree)

Numbers 17:7-9King James Version7 And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.

To make sure mankind does not attribute the words of the apostles sent with prophecy to the apostle and not in respect the unseen sender he developed a ceremonial law. The Holy Spirit uses a unclean animal to represent the unredeemed that must come under the hearing of Christ faith, using a lamb or they are to be killed.

Exodus 13:13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

Again to emphasize he is not served by the dying hands as a will of mankind, he uses the unredeemed unclean to stop the madness of the false prophet Balaam .

Striking him with the rod of an almond tree, the staff of eternal life of final authority. like Jerimiah watching to perform his good will.


Numbers 22:27-29King James Version27 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

There Balaam the false apostle, false prophet threatened to kill the messenger in hope of killing Christ the Holy Spirit

 

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Similar when applied to Moses who resisted being a prophet


Exodus 4:10-12 King James Version10 And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

Yes, an excellent teaching tool Teaches us how God who is not served by human hands as a will sends out his prophecy through his apostles.

An interpretation law as a tool that applies to all apostles sent with prophecy. God putting his thoughts on their lips and then watches to make sure the words have the unseen understanding intended. (as almond fruit) In that way he spoke in parables hiding the spiritual not seen understanding from the lost.

Jerimiah 1:9 Then the Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

He works in us to give us his authoritative understanding in matters of our new born- again faith. The unseen eternal (rod of a almond tree)

Numbers 17:7-9King James Version7 And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.

To make sure mankind does not attribute the words of the apostles sent with prophecy to the apostle and not in respect the unseen sender he developed a ceremonial law. The Holy Spirit uses a unclean animal to represent the unredeemed that must come under the hearing of Christ faith, using a lamb or they are to be killed.

Exodus 13:13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

Again to emphasize he is not served by the dying hands as a will of mankind, he uses the unredeemed unclean to stop the madness of the false prophet Balaam .

Striking him with the rod of an almond tree, the staff of eternal life of final authority. like Jerimiah watching to perform his good will.


Numbers 22:27-29King James Version27 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

There Balaam the false apostle, false prophet threatened to kill the messenger in hope of killing Christ the Holy Spirit

- You completely right!

- When reading the words of jeremiah, it reminded me of Moses!

- incredible words!

- And powerful words!

- And inspiring words!

- Quite similar to the holy spirit!

- God touched his mouth with his hand!

- What an incredible strong relationship to God!

 

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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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9) LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH

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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10) LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH

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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11) LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH

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 !

- Extrem words from God !

- With extrem consequences !

- Israel and humanity arde 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 away to destruction !

- And they were told again and again !

 

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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 of attitude !

- But the people prostitute themselves with other gods !

 

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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 extend 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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14) LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH

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 a 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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15) LOOKING FOR JEREMIAH

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 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 desc

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?