Study it in the app“And they will say, “Because they forsook the covenant of YHWH, the Elohim of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
And they will say,וְאָמְרוּ“Becauseעַל אֲשֶׁרthey forsookעָזְבוּthe covenantבְּרִיתof YHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof their fathers,אֲבֹתָםwhichאֲשֶׁרhe madeכָּרַתwith themעִמָּםwhen he broughtבְּהוֹצִיאוֹthemאֹתָםout of the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azvu” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” 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” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appearsmake a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “karat” appearsbring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsi” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
24all the nations will say, “Why has YHWH done thus to this land? What is the heat of this great anger?”
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26And they went and served other gods and bowed down to them, gods that they had not known and that he had not allotted to them.
