What Does Jeremiah 23:27 Mean?

“Which think”

properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou

“have forgotten”

to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

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

“to cause my people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“my name”

an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

“by their dreams”

a dream

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

“which they tell”

properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra

“every man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“to his neighbour”

an associate (more or less close)

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

“have forgotten”

to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

“as their fathers”

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

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

“my name”

an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

“for Baal”

baal, a phoenician deity