Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke it; because they threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.”
ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהForעַלthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהtransgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיof Damascus,דַמֶּשֶׂקand forוְעַלfour,אַרְבָּעָהI will notלֹאrevoke it;אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּbecauseעַלthey threshedדּוּשָׁםGileadהַגִּלְעָדwith threshing sledgesבַּחֲרֻצוֹתof iron.הַבַּרְזֶל
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appearstransgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pishe” appearsDamascus
See it on the mapWhere else “damesek” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “ashive” appearsthresh, trample
Thresh: tread the grain to separate it from the straw; also to trample.
Where else “dusha” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearsthreshing sledge
A spiked board to separate grain.
Where else “charutsot” appearsiron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears“For three… and for four”: it can be understood as “for many transgressions.” “I will not revoke it”: literally “I will not turn it back”; it can be understood as the announced punishment.
1Damascus
Today: Damascus, capital of Syria
A city in southern Syria, about 135 miles (220 km) northeast of Jerusalem; today it is the capital of Syria.
David put it under his control (2 Sam 8:6). On the road to Damascus, Jesus appeared to Saul, who was going to persecute believers (Acts 9:3-5).
2Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
2And he said, “YHWH roars from Zion, and from Jerusalem utters his voice; and the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel dries up.”
3 · This verse (above)
4And I will send fire on the house of Hazael, and it will devour the citadels of Ben-hadad.
