Jeremiah 11:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Which I commanded your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying: Obey my voice and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּ֣יתִי אֶת־אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֡ם בְּי֣וֹם הוֹצִיאִֽי־אוֹתָ֣ם מֵאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם֩ מִכּ֨וּר הַבַּרְזֶ֜ל לֵאמֹ֗ר שִׁמְע֤וּ בְקוֹלִי֙ וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם אוֹתָ֔ם כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־אֲצַוֶּ֖ה אֶתְכֶ֑ם וִהְיִ֤יתֶם לִי֙ לְעָ֔ם וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

Which ṣiwwîtî ʾet-ʾăbôtêkem in-yôm hôṣîʾî-them from-ʾereṣ-miṣrayim from-kûr habbarzel lēʾmōr: šimʿû in-qôlî waʿăśîtem them according-to-all which-ʾăṣawweh you, wihyîtem to-me for-ʿām, and-ʾānōkî ʾehyeh to-you for-ʾelōhîm.

Grammar Details

• *ṣiwwîtî*: Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I commanded
• *ʾăbôtêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your fathers
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular - day
• *hôṣîʾî*: Hiphil infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - my bringing out
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *kûr*: noun, masculine singular construct - furnace of
• *habbarzel*: definite noun, masculine singular - the iron
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to say/saying
• *šimʿû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - hear/listen
• *qôlî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my voice
• *waʿăśîtem*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall do
• *ʾăṣawweh*: Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I command
• *wihyîtem*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall be
• *ʿām*: noun, masculine singular - people
• *ʾānōkî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *ʾehyeh*: Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be
• *ʾelōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - God

Word Meanings

• *kûr*: furnace/crucible/smelting pot
• *habbarzel*: the iron/iron-smelting
• *šimʿû*: hear/listen/obey
• *ʿām*: people/nation/folk
• *ʾelōhîm*: God/gods/divine being

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all that I command you; so shall you be my people, and I will be your God:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  which I commanded{H6680} your fathers{H1} in the day{H3117} that I brought them forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} out of the iron{H1270} furnace,{H3564} saying,{H559} Obey{H8085} my voice,{H6963} and do{H6213} them, according to all which I command{H6680} you: so shall ye be my people,{H5971} and I will be your God;{H430}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Which I commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} your fathers{H1} in the day{H3117} that I brought them forth{H3318}{(H8687)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, from the iron{H1270} furnace{H3564}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Obey{H8085}{(H8798)} my voice{H6963}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)} them, according to all which I command{H6680}{(H8762)} you: so shall ye be my people{H5971}, and I will be your God{H430}:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  which I commaunded vnto youre fathers, what tyme as I brought them out of Egipte, from the yron fornace, sayenge: Be obedient vnto my voyce, and do accordinge to all that I commaunde you: so shal ye be my people, and I wil be youre God,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Which I commaunded vnto your fathers, when I brought them out of the lande of Egypt, from the yron fornace, saying, Obey my voyce, and doe according to all these things, which I commande you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Whiche I commaunded vnto your fathers, what time as I brought them out of Egypt from the iron furnace, saying: Be obedient vnto my voyce, and do according to all that I commaunde you, so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Which I commanded your fathers in the day [that] I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall you be my people, and I will be your God;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  That I commanded your fathers, In the day of My bringing them out from the land of Egypt, Out of the iron furnace, saying, Hearken to My voice, and ye have done them, According to all that I command you, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I am to you for God,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  To the order which I gave your fathers on the day when I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the oven of iron, saying, Give ear to my voice, and do all the orders I have given you: so you will be my people, and I will be your God:

• World English Bible (2000)

  which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so you shall be my people, and I will be your God;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Those are the terms that I charged your ancestors to keep when I brought them out of Egypt, that place which was like an iron-smelting furnace. I said at that time,“Obey me and carry out the terms of the covenant exactly as I commanded you. If you do, you will be my people and I will be your God.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:12 : 12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.
• Deut 4:20 : 20 But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of His inheritance, as you are today.
• 1 Kgs 8:51 : 51 for they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out of Egypt, out of the iron-smelting furnace.
• Lev 26:3 : 3 If you walk in my statutes and keep my commandments and carry them out,
• Exod 24:3-8 : 3 Moses came and told the people all the LORD's words and laws. The people responded with one voice, saying, "We will do everything the LORD has said." 4 Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning, he built an altar at the base of the mountain and set up twelve pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 Then he sent young men of the Israelites, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as fellowship offerings to the LORD. 6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They said, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey." 8 Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you concerning all these words."
• Deut 11:27 : 27 the blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,
• Jer 7:22-23 : 22 For when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to them or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. 23 But this is what I commanded them: Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, so that it may go well with you.
• Jer 24:7 : 7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.
• Jer 26:13 : 13 'Now, therefore, amend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God. Then the LORD will relent concerning the disaster that He has pronounced against you.'
• Zech 8:8 : 8 I will bring them back to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and righteousness.
• Zech 13:9 : 9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’
• Matt 28:20 : 20 'teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.'
• 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 What agreement can there be between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.'
• Heb 5:9 : 9 And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.
• Heb 8:8-9 : 8 But finding fault with them, he says: 'Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.' 9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and so I turned away from them, declares the Lord. 10 This is the covenant I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
• Isa 48:10 : 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
• Deut 5:2-3 : 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 It was not with our fathers that the LORD made this covenant but with us, all of us who are alive here today.
• Jer 30:22 : 22 You will be My people, and I will be your God.
• Jer 31:31-33 : 31 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them, declares the LORD. 33 This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
• Jer 32:28 : 28 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I am about to give this city into the hands of the Chaldeans, into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will capture it.'
• Ezek 11:20 : 20 Then they will follow My statutes, keep My judgments, and carry them out. They will be My people, and I will be their God.
• Ezek 14:11 : 11 Then the house of Israel will no longer stray from me or defile themselves with all their transgressions. They will be my people, and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign LORD.
• Ezek 20:6-9 : 6 On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands. 7 And I said to them, 'Each of you, get rid of the detestable things your eyes are set on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.' 8 But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; none of them got rid of the detestable things their eyes were set on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and unleash my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 9 But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and where I had made myself known to them by bringing them out of Egypt. 10 So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them into the wilderness. 11 I gave them my statutes and made known to them my ordinances, by which a person who obeys them will live. 12 Also, I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between me and them, so they would know that I am the LORD who makes them holy.
• Ezek 36:28 : 28 You will dwell in the land I gave to your ancestors; you will be my people, and I will be your God.
• Ezek 37:23 : 23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, their vile images, or any of their transgressions. I will save them from all the places where they have sinned, and I will purify them. They will be My people, and I will be their God.
• Ezek 37:27 : 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
• Zech 6:15 : 15 Those who are far away will come and help build the temple of the LORD. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.
• Deut 28:1-9 : 1 If you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God by carefully keeping all His commandments that I am commanding you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. 2 All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you listen to the voice of the LORD your God. 3 You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field. 4 Blessed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your land, and the offspring of your livestock—including the young of your cattle and the increase of your flocks. 5 Blessed will be your basket and your kneading bowl. 6 You will be blessed when you come in, and you will be blessed when you go out. 7 The LORD will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will come out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven directions. 8 The LORD will command the blessing on your storehouses and on all you set your hand to do. He will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 9 The LORD will establish you as His holy people, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the LORD is called upon you, and they will stand in awe of you. 11 The LORD will make you prosper abundantly in the fruit of your womb, in the offspring of your livestock, and in the produce of your land on the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The LORD will open the heavens, His rich treasury, to give rain to your land in its season and bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. 13 The LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you will only go upwards and not downwards, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you today, to observe and to do them. 14 You must not turn aside from any of the words I am commanding you today, neither to the right nor to the left, to follow other gods and serve them.
• Deut 29:10-15 : 10 Your children, your wives, and the resident foreigner who lives among your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water. 11 You are entering into the covenant of the LORD your God and His oath, which the LORD your God is making with you today. 12 He is confirming you today as His people, and He will be your God, just as He promised you and swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 13 It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath. 14 But also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God and with those who are not here with us today. 15 For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations you encountered on the way.
• 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 Then Samuel said, 'Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'
• Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Exod 20:6 : 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
• Exod 23:21-22 : 21 Pay attention to him and listen to his voice. Do not rebel against him, for he will not forgive your rebellion, since my name is in him. 22 If you listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and oppose those who oppose you.