Study it in the app“For I know how many are your transgressions and how great your sins: you who harass the righteous, who take a ransom, and turn aside the needy in the gate.”
ForכִּיI knowיָדַעְתִּיhow manyרַבִּיםare your transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיכֶםand how greatוַעֲצֻמִיםyour sins:חַטֹּאתֵיכֶםyou who harassצֹרְרֵיthe righteous,צַדִּיקwho takeלֹקְחֵיa ransom,כֹפֶרand turn asideוְ הִטּוּthe needyאֶבְיוֹנִיםin the gate.בַּשַּׁעַר
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appearstransgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pishe” appearsmighty, numerous
Strong, mighty; numerous.
Where else “atsumim” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatote” appearsharass
To be someone's enemy.
Where else “tsorre” appearsrighteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appearsaccept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “lokche” appearsransom
What is paid for a life.
Where else “chofer” appearsturn aside
To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.
Where else “hitu” appearsneedy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyonim” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears“A ransom” (kopher): according to Strong, the price to redeem someone; here it can be understood as a bribe.
11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take a levy of grain from him, houses of hewn stone you have built, but you will not live in them; pleasant vineyards you have planted, but you will not drink their wine.
12 · This verse (above)
13Therefore the prudent at that time keeps silent, for it is an evil time.
