22. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Jeremiah 11:22:1 ⧉לָכֵ֗ןlakhentherefore Jeremiah 11:22:2 ⧉כֹּ֤הkothus Jeremiah 11:22:3 ⧉אָמַר֙amarsaid Jeremiah 11:22:4 ⧉יְהוָ֣הyahwehLORD Jeremiah 11:22:5 ⧉צְבָא֔וֹתtsevaotof hosts Jeremiah 11:22:6 ⧉הִנְנִ֥יhinnenibehold me or here I am Jeremiah 11:22:7 ⧉פֹקֵ֖דfokedpunishing or attending to Jeremiah 11:22:8 ⧉עֲלֵיהֶ֑םalehemupon them Jeremiah 11:22:9 ⧉הַבַּֽחוּרִים֙habbakhurimthe young men Jeremiah 11:22:10 ⧉יָמֻ֣תוּyamutushall die Jeremiah 11:22:11 ⧉בַחֶ֔רֶבvakherevby the sword Jeremiah 11:22:12 ⧉בְּנֵיהֶם֙benehemtheir sons Jeremiah 11:22:13 ⧉וּבְנ֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔םuvenotehemand their daughters Jeremiah 11:22:14 ⧉יָמֻ֖תוּyamutushall die Jeremiah 11:22:15 ⧉בָּרָעָֽב׃baraavby famine |
22. Formal Translation Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts {Yahweh Tsevaot, Commander of Armies}: "Behold, I Myself am about to punish them; the young men shall die by the sword, and their sons and their daughters shall die by famine." |
22. Dynamic Translation So this is what the LORD of hosts {Yahweh Tsevaot, Divine Warrior} declares: "I am going to bring punishment on them—their young men will be killed by the sword, and their sons and daughters will die from hunger." |