Study it in the app“As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us; yet we have not sought the favor of YHWH our Elohim, turning from our iniquities and gaining insight in your truth.”
Asכַּאֲשֶׁרit is writtenכָּתוּבin the lawבְּתוֹרַתof Moses,מֹשֶׁהallאֵת כָּלthisהַזֹּאתevilהָרָעָהhas comeבָּאָהon us;עָלֵינוּyet we have notוְלֹאsought the favorחִלִּינוּ אֶת פְּנֵיof YHWHיְהוָהour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּturningלָשׁוּבfrom our iniquitiesמֵעֲוֺנֵנוּand gaining insightוּלְהַשְׂכִּילin your truth.בַּאֲמִתֶּךָ
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “katuv” appearslaw
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “torat” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baa” appearsentreat
Literally "soften the face": to plead for someone's favor.
Where else “chilinu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” 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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avone” appearsact wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “haskil” appearstruth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “amite” appears12And he has carried out his word that he spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for there has not been done under all the heavens anything like what has been done in Jerusalem.
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14And YHWH kept watch over the evil and brought it on us; for YHWH our Elohim is righteous in all his works that he has done, and we have not listened to his voice.
