The oppressive sword
In recommendation: The threat of oppression. The enemy of deceit. In question: The aspiration for peace in addition to the need to fight. The need to fight in return for peace (the root of the word Y.N.H. is from the word deceit).
(“Many a straggler has stumbled, and a man has also fallen by his fellow; and they said, ‘Rise, and let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, because of the oppressive sword’” — Jeremiah 46:16)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חֶרֶב הַיּוֹנָה
Definition (Hebrew)
בִּמְלִיצָה: אֵימַת הָעֹושֶׁק. אוֹיֵיב הַמִּרְמָה. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הַשְּׁאִיפָה לְשָׁלוֹם בְּנוֹסָף לַצֹּרֶךְ לְהִלָּחֵם. הַצֹּרֶךְ לְהִלָּחֵם בְּמַקְבִּיל לַכְּמִיהָה לְשָׁלוֹם (שֹׁרֶשׁ י.נ.ה מִשְׁמָעוֹ מִרְמָה).
("הִרְבָּה כּוֹשֵׁל גַּם נָפַל אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ קוּמָה וְנָשֻׁבָה אֶל עַמֵּנוּ וְאֶל אֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתֵּנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַיּוֹנָה"- יִרְמְיָהוּ מו טז)