Study it in the app“As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you: a desolation you will be, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it; and they will know that I am YHWH.’””
As you rejoicedכְּשִׂמְחָתְךָover the inheritanceלְנַחְלַתof the houseבֵּיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלbecauseעַל אֲשֶׁרit was desolate,שָׁמֵמָהsoכֵּןI will doאֶעֱשֶׂהto you:לָּךְa desolationשְׁמָמָהyou will be,תִהְיֶהMountהַרSeir,שֵׂעִירand allוְכָלEdom,אֱדוֹםall of it;כֻּלָּהּand they will knowוְיָדְעוּthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWH.’”יְהוָה
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simchat” appearsinheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachlat” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” 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” appearsbe desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “shamema” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appearsdesolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsSeir
Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.
Where else “seir” appearsEdom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appearsacknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yadu” 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” appearsEdom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
14Thus says Adonai YHWH: When all the earth rejoices, a desolation I will make of you.
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