JEREMIAH 26:13

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.”

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Jeremiah 26:13 Translation & Meaning

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Therefore now וְעַתָּ֗ה At this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive Therefore now
amend הֵיטִ֤יבוּ To be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right) amend
your ways דַרְכֵיכֶם֙ A road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb ways
and your doings, וּמַ֣עַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם An act (good or bad) doings
and obey וְשִׁמְע֕וּ To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) obey
the voice בְּק֖וֹל A voice or sound voice
of the Lord יְהוָ֣ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
your God; אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
and the Lord יְהוָ֔ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
will repent וְיִנָּחֵ֣ם Properly, to sigh, i.e., breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e., (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself) repent
him of אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to him of
the evil הָ֣רָעָ֔ה Bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) evil
that אֲשֶׁ֥ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc that
he hath pronounced דִּבֶּ֖ר Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue pronounced
against עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications against
you. עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications you

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  • 11  Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

  • 12  Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

  • 13  Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

  • 14  As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.

  • 15  But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.




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