Study it in the app“And say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, concerning the ground of Israel: Their bread with anxiety they will eat, and their water appalled they will drink, so that its land may be desolate of its fullness because of the violence of all those who live in it.”
And sayוְאָמַרְתָּto the peopleאֶל עַםof the land,הָאָרֶץ‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWHיְהוִהto the inhabitantsלְיוֹשְׁבֵיof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםconcerning the groundאֶל אַדְמַתof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלTheir breadלַחְמָםwith anxietyבִּדְאָגָהthey will eat,יֹאכֵלוּand their waterוּמֵימֵיהֶםappalledבְּשִׁמָּמוֹןthey will drink,יִשְׁתּוּso thatלְמַעַןits landאַרְצָהּmay be desolateתֵּשַׁםof its fullnessמִמְּלֹאָהּbecause of the violenceמֵחֲמַסof allכָּלthose who liveהַיֹּשְׁבִיםin it.בָּהּ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” 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” appearsAdonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appearsYHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearssoil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admat” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachma” appearsanxiety
Anxiety, worry about what may happen.
Where else “deaga” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochelu” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “meme” appearshorror
Horror, being stunned with dread.
Where else “shimamon” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “yishtu” appearsbe desolate
Lie desolate, be left uncultivated.
Where else “tesham” appearsfullness
Everything that is in something: the sea and all that fills it, the earth and its fullness.
Where else “meloa” appearsviolence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
18“Son of man, your bread with quaking you will eat, and your water with agitation and with anxiety you will drink.
19 · This verse (above)
20And the inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will be a desolation; and you will know that I am YHWH.’”
