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CHECK THE PROPER MEANING OF THE WORDS IN HEBREW AND SEE CLEARLY THAT READING THESE VERSES ONLY IN ENGLISH IS DANGEROUS–LOOK AT THE END OF THIS POST, BELOW THE LINE, (i)TO SEE THE TWO VERSES PROPERLY INCLUDING THE CORRECT WORDS [and connect the last verse–31–with verse 30]; AND (ii) WHAT THE  WASTEFUL AND HORRIBLE THING THAT GOD IS SPEAKING ABOUT–WITH VERSE 28 DESCRIBING OUR [PASTORS, TEACHERS, ETC.] IGNORING THE EVIL DESTRUCTION BY THE U.S. EVIL EMPIRE OF OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH THE FIAT DOLLAR AND FIAT FRACTIONAL RESERVE CREDIT (MAKING SLAVES OF OTHER NATIONS AND PEOPLES) AND THE PETRO DOLLAR.:

 

Jeremiah 5:30-31

³⁰ A wonderful [shammah] and horrible thing is committed in the land;

³¹ The prophets [nabiy’] prophesy [naba’] falsely, and the priests bear rule [radah] by their means [yad]; and My people [`am] love to have it so [ken]: and what will ye do [`asah] in the end [‘achariyth] thereof?

Shammah [wonderful] means:

1) waste, horror, appalment
    1a) a waste (of land, city, etc)
    1b) appalment, horror

Nabiy' [prophets] means:

1) spokesman, speaker, prophet
    1a) prophet
    1b) false prophet
    1c) heathen prophet

Naba' [prophesy] means:

1) to prophesy
    1a) (Niphal)
        1a1) to prophesy
             1a1a) under influence of divine spirit
             1a1b) of false prophets
    1b) (Hithpael)
        1b1) to prophesy
             1b1a) under influence of divine spirit
             1b1b) of false prophets

Radah [bear rule] means:

1) to rule, have dominion, dominate, tread down
    1a) (Qal) to have dominion, rule, subjugate
    1b) (Hiphil) to cause to dominate
 2) to scrape out
    2a) (Qal) to scrape, scrape out

Yad [means] means:

 1) hand
    1a) hand (of man)
    1b) strength, power (fig.)
    1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
    1d) (various special, technical senses)
        1d1) sign, monument
        1d2) part, fractional part, share
        1d3) time, repetition
        1d4) axle-trees, axle
        1d5) stays, support (for laver)
        1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
        1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
        1d8) wrists

`am [My people]means:

 1) nation, people
    1a) people, nation
    1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
 2) kinsman, kindred

Ken [love to have it so] means:

adv
 1) so, therefore, thus
    1a) thus, so
    1b) just so
    1c) therefore
    1d) so...as (paired with adv)
    1e) then
    1f) forasmuch as (in phrase)
    1g) (with prep)
        1g1) therefore, this being so (specific)
        1g2) hitherto
        1g3) therefore, on this ground (general)
        1g4) afterwards
        1g5) in such case
 adj
 2) right, just, honest, true, veritable
    2a) right, just, honest
    2b) correct
    2c) true, veritable
    2d) true!, right!, correct! (in assent)

`asah means:

1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
    1a) (Qal)
        1a1) to do, work, make, produce
             1a1a) to do
             1a1b) to work
             1a1c) to deal (with)
             1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect

'achariyth means:

 1) after part, end
    1a) end, issue, event
    1b) latter time (prophetic for future time)
    1c) posterity
    1d) last, hindermost

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Jeremiah 5:30-31–USING HEBREW WORDS.

³⁰ A wasteful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

³¹ The spokesman, speaker and prophet prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule  by the means of their hand; and My people (nation, people)  love to have it so; therefore: and what will ye do in the end (end, issue, posterity) thereof?

THE WASTEFUL AND HORRIBLE THING:

Jeremiah 5:11-13