Study it in the app“And say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of YHWH: Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am kindling in you a fire, and it will consume in you every green tree and every dry tree; the flame of fire will not be quenched, and all faces will be scorched by it, from the Negev to the north.”
And sayוְאָמַרְתָּto the forestלְיַעַרof the Negev,הַנֶּגֶב‘Hearשְׁמַעthe wordדְּבַרof YHWH:יְהוָהThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיkindlingמַצִּיתin youבְּךָa fire,אֵשׁand it will consumeוְאָכְלָהin youבְךָeveryכָלgreenלַחtreeעֵץand everyוְכָלdryיָבֵשׁtree;עֵץthe flameלַהֶבֶתof fireשַׁלְהֶבֶתwill notלֹאbe quenched,תִכְבֶּהand allכָּלfacesפָּנִיםwill be scorchedוְנִצְרְבוּby it,בָהּfrom the Negevמִנֶּגֶבto the north.צָפוֹנָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appearsforest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appearsNegev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shema” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” 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” 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” appearsset on fire
Set on fire, burn.
Where else “matsit” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsdevour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achla” appearsfresh, green
Fresh, green, freshly cut; moist.
Where else “lach” appearstree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appearsdry
Dry.
Where else “yavesh” appearsflame
Fire that rises and shines as it burns.
Where else “lahevet” appearsflame
A flame, a blaze.
Where else “shalhevet” appearsgo out, quench
Go out (of fire or a lamp); put out, quench.
Where else “tichbe” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panim” appearsbe scorched
To burn, be scorched.
Where else “nitsrvu” appearsnorth
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears46“Son of man, set your face toward the south, and let your word drip toward the southland, and prophesy against the forest of the field of the Negev.
47 · This verse (above)
48And all flesh will see that I, YHWH, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.’”
