Jeremiah 15:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore thus says the LORD, If you return, then I will bring you again, and you shall stand before me: and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: let them return to you; but return not you to them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אִם־תָּשׁ֤וּב וַאֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֙ לְפָנַ֣י תַּֽעֲמֹ֔ד וְאִם־תּוֹצִ֥יא יָקָ֛ר מִזּוֹלֵ֖ל כְּפִ֣י תִֽהְיֶ֑ה יָשֻׁ֤בוּ הֵ֙מָּה֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְאַתָּ֖ה לֹֽא־תָשׁ֥וּב אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

Therefore, thus-ʾāmar YHWH: If-tāšûb and-ʾăšîbkā, before-me taʿămōd; and-if-tôṣîʾ yāqār from-zôlēl, as-my-mouth tihyeh; yāšubû they to-you, and-you not-tāšûb to-them.

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he has said
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/the LORD
• *tāšûb*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will return
• *ʾăšîbkā*: hiphil imperfect 1st common singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - I will restore you
• *taʿămōd*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will stand
• *tôṣîʾ*: hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will bring out
• *yāqār*: adjective masculine singular - precious
• *zôlēl*: adjective masculine singular - worthless
• *tihyeh*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will be
• *yāšubû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will return

Word Meanings

• *kōh-ʾāmar YHWH*: thus says the LORD/so said Yahweh
• *ʾim-tāšûb wa-ʾăšîbkā*: if you return, then I will restore you/if you repent, I will bring you back
• *lĕpānay taʿămōd*: before me you shall stand/in my presence you will stand
• *tôṣîʾ yāqār mizzôlēl*: you bring out the precious from the worthless/you extract the valuable from the vile
• *kĕpî tihyeh*: like my mouth you will be/as my spokesman you shall be

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'If you return, then I will restore you; you will stand before Me. If you extract the precious from the worthless, you will be My spokesman. They must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} If thou return,{H7725} then will I bring thee again,{H7725} that thou mayest stand{H5975} before{H6440} me; and if thou take forth{H3318} the precious{H3368} from the vile,{H2151} thou shalt be as my mouth:{H6310} they shall return{H7725} unto thee, but thou shalt not return{H7725} unto them.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, If thou return{H7725}{(H8799)}, then will I bring thee again{H7725}{(H8686)}, and thou shalt stand{H5975}{(H8799)} before{H6440} me: and if thou take forth{H3318}{(H8686)} the precious{H3368} from the vile{H2151}{(H8802)}, thou shalt be as my mouth{H6310}: let them return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto thee; but return{H7725}{(H8799)} not thou unto them.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Vpon these wordes, thus sayde the LORDE vnto me: Yf thou wilt turne agayne, I shal set the in my seruyce: and yf thou wilt take out the thinge that is precious from the vyle, thou shalt be euen as myne owne mouth. They shal conuerte vnto the, but turne not thou vnto the:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou returne, then wil I bring thee againe, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take away the precious from the vile, thou shalt be according to my worde: let them returne vnto thee, but returne not thou vnto them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Upon these wordes, thus sayde the Lorde vnto me, If thou wylt turne agayne, I shall set thee in my seruice, and yf thou wylt take out the thynges that is precious from the vile, thou shalt be euen as myne owne mouth: they shall conuert vnto thee, but turne not thou vnto them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, [and] thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore thus says Yahweh, If you return, then will I bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Therefore, thus said Jehovah: If thou turnest back, then I bring thee back, Before Me thou dost stand, And if thou bringest out the precious from the vile, As My mouth thou art! They -- they turn back unto thee, And thou dost not turn back unto them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Therefore thus saith Jehovah, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, that thou mayest stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Therefore thus saith Jehovah, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, that thou mayest stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For this cause the Lord has said, If you will come back, then I will again let you take your place before me; and if you give out what is of value and not that which has no value, you will be as my mouth: let them come back to you, but do not go back to them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore thus says Yahweh, If you return, then will I bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Because of this, the LORD said,“You must repent of such words and thoughts! If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me. If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless, I will again allow you to be my spokesman. They must become as you have been. You must not become like them.

Referenced Verses

• Zech 3:7 : 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts; If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my charge, then you shall also judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place to walk among these who stand by.
• Lev 10:10 : 10 that you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
• Jer 15:1 : 1 Then the LORD said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
• Ezek 22:26 : 26 Her priests have violated My law, and have profaned My holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and unholy, neither have they shown difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
• Ezek 44:23 : 23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
• Exod 4:12 : 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say.
• Exod 4:15-16 : 15 And you shall speak to him, and put words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. 16 And he shall be your spokesman to the people, and he shall be, even he shall be to you instead of a mouth, and you shall be to him instead of God.
• Gal 1:10 : 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
• Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
• Gal 2:5 : 5 To whom we did not yield submission, no, not for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
• Exod 6:29-30 : 29 That the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you. 30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?
• Jonah 3:2 : 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.
• Jer 15:10-18 : 10 Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on interest, nor men have lent to me on interest; yet every one of them curses me. 11 The LORD said, Truly it shall be well with your remnant; truly I will cause the enemy to treat you well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. 12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? 13 Your substance and your treasures I will give to the spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders. 14 And I will make you to pass with your enemies into a land you do not know: for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn upon you. 15 O LORD, you know: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered rebuke. 16 Your words were found, and I ate them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts. 17 I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand: for you have filled me with indignation. 18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? will you be altogether to me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
• Jer 20:9 : 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak anymore in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with holding back, and I could not stay.
• Jer 38:20-21 : 20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of the LORD, which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live. 21 But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
• Ezek 2:7 : 7 And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse: for they are most rebellious.
• Ezek 3:10-11 : 10 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears. 11 And go, get to those of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they refuse.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain for these years, except by my word.
• Prov 22:29 : 29 Do you see a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.
• Isa 32:5-6 : 5 The vile person shall no longer be called noble, nor the miser said to be generous. 6 For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make the soul of the hungry empty, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
• Luke 1:19 : 19 The angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings.
• Luke 10:16 : 16 He who hears you hears me; and he who despises you despises me; and he who despises me despises him who sent me.
• Luke 12:12 : 12 For the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that same hour what you ought to say.
• Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict nor resist.
• Luke 21:36 : 36 Watch therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.
• Acts 20:27 : 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
• 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 Therefore from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him thus no longer.