Study it in the app“And we have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.”
And we have notוְלֹאlistenedשָׁמַעְנוּto your servantsאֶל עֲבָדֶיךָthe prophets,הַנְּבִיאִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרspokeדִּבְּרוּin your nameבְּשִׁמְךָto our kings,אֶל מְלָכֵינוּour princes,שָׂרֵינוּand our fathers,וַאֲבֹתֵינוּand to allוְאֶל כָּלthe peopleעַםof the land.הָאָרֶץ
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shamanu” appearsservant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avade” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibru” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melache” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears5we have sinned and done iniquity, we have acted wickedly and rebelled, and turned aside from your commandments and from your judgments.
6 · This verse (above)
7To you, Adonai, belongs righteousness, but to us shame of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to all Israel, those near and those far away, in all the lands where you have driven them because of their unfaithfulness that they have committed against you.
