Jeremiah 5:24
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”
נָא
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
שָׁמַר
he keeps
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שָׁמַר
To keep, to guard, to observe. Shamar. The LORD will keep you from all harm. He watches over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
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יָרֵא
let us fear
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יָרֵא
To fear, to revere, to be in awe of. Yare. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. Not terror but holy awe of who He truly is.
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קָצִיר
harvest
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קָצִיר
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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חֻקָּה
the appointments of
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חֻקָּה
{an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}
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שָׁבוּעַ
the weeks of
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שָׁבוּעַ
literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years)
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יוֹרֶה
autumn rain
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יוֹרֶה
sprinkling; hence, a sprinkling (or autumnal showers)
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גֶּשֶׁם
rain
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גֶּשֶׁם
a shower
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