“Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.”
Jeremiah 23:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Jeremiah 23:1620 words
HebrewMeaning
כֹּֽהkōh
thusadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
אָמַ֞רʾāmar
he saysverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
צְבָא֗וֹתṣəbāʾwōt
of hostsnounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
אַֽלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּשְׁמְע֞וּtišəməʿw
you listenverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
עַלʿal
topronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
דִּבְרֵ֤יdibərēy
the words ofnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/נְּבִאִים֙hanəbiʾiym
the prophetsparticleH5030
that prophesy · prophet
הַ/נִּבְּאִ֣יםhanibəʾiym
who are prophesyingparticleH5012
make self a prophet
לָ/כֶ֔םlākem
pron
מַהְבִּלִ֥יםmahəbiliym
are deludingverbH1891
make) vain
הֵ֖מָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
אֶתְ/כֶ֑םʾetəkem
youparticleH853
חֲז֤וֹןḥăzwōn
the vision ofnounH2377
לִבָּ/ם֙libām
own heart theirnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
יְדַבֵּ֔רוּyədabērw
they speakverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
לֹ֖אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
מִ/פִּ֥יmipiy
from the mouth ofpronH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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