What Does Jeremiah 11:5 Mean?

properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

“That I may perform”

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the oath”

properly, something sworn, i.e., an oath

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which I have sworn”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

“unto your fathers”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

“to give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

they (only used when emphatic)

“them a land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“flowing”

to flow freely (as water), i.e., (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow

“with milk”

milk (as the richness of kine)

“and honey”

honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup

“as it is this day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“Then answered”

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,

“I and said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“So be it”

sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly

“O LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god