OET interlinear JER 18:11

uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) See

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now say now to/towards (a)_man Yehuda and,to inhabitants_of Yerushalayim to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH see/lo/see! I preparing on,you(pl) evil and,[I_am]_about_to_plan on,you(pl) plan turn now (a)_man from,way_of,his (the),wicked and,make_good ways_of,your(pl) and,deeds_of,your(pl) )

This tells the reader to pay special attention to what follows. Alternate translation: “Look” or “Listen” or “Pay attention to what I am about to tell you”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) I am about to form disaster against you. I am about to devise a plan against you

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now say now to/towards (a)_man Yehuda and,to inhabitants_of Yerushalayim to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH see/lo/see! I preparing on,you(pl) evil and,[I_am]_about_to_plan on,you(pl) plan turn now (a)_man from,way_of,his (the),wicked and,make_good ways_of,your(pl) and,deeds_of,your(pl) )

Yahweh speaks of planning disaster as if disaster were an object that he forms, like the potter would form clay. The second sentence repeats the same idea as the first using different words. Alternate translation: “I am about to devise a plan to bring disaster against you” (See also: figs-parallelism)

(Occurrence 0) devise a plan

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now say now to/towards (a)_man Yehuda and,to inhabitants_of Yerushalayim to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH see/lo/see! I preparing on,you(pl) evil and,[I_am]_about_to_plan on,you(pl) plan turn now (a)_man from,way_of,his (the),wicked and,make_good ways_of,your(pl) and,deeds_of,your(pl) )

Alternate translation: “make a plan”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) his wicked way

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now say now to/towards (a)_man Yehuda and,to inhabitants_of Yerushalayim to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH see/lo/see! I preparing on,you(pl) evil and,[I_am]_about_to_plan on,you(pl) plan turn now (a)_man from,way_of,his (the),wicked and,make_good ways_of,your(pl) and,deeds_of,your(pl) )

Yahweh speaks of a person’s lifestyle as if it were a “way” or path along which the person walks. Alternate translation: “his wicked way of living”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

(Occurrence 0) so your ways and your practices will bring good to you

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now say now to/towards (a)_man Yehuda and,to inhabitants_of Yerushalayim to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH see/lo/see! I preparing on,you(pl) evil and,[I_am]_about_to_plan on,you(pl) plan turn now (a)_man from,way_of,his (the),wicked and,make_good ways_of,your(pl) and,deeds_of,your(pl) )

The words “ways” and “practices” both refer to a person’s actions and general lifestyle. Alternate translation: “so your actions will result in good happening to you”