Study it in the app“therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with the joy of a whole heart, with contempt of soul, so that its pastureland might be booty.”
thereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהSurelyאִם לֹאin the fireבְּאֵשׁof my jealousyקִנְאָתִיI have spokenדִבַּרְתִּיagainst the restעַל שְׁאֵרִיתof the nationsהַגּוֹיִםand against allוְעַל כֻּלָּאEdom,אֱדוֹםwhoאֲשֶׁרgaveנָתְנוּmy landאַרְצִיto themselvesלָהֶםas a possessionלְמוֹרָשָׁהwith the joyבְּשִׂמְחַתof a wholeכָּלheart,לֵבָבwith contemptבִּשְׁאָטof soul,נֶפֶשׁso thatלְמַעַןits pasturelandמִגְרָשָׁהּmight be booty.לָבַז
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsjealousy
A husband's burning that tolerates no rivals; so is YHWH with his people.
Where else “kinati” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appearsremnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerit” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearsEdom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natnu” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsi” appearspossession
Possession, land received to be held.
Where else “morasha” appearsjoy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simchat” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appearscontempt
Contempt, pushing another aside with disdain.
Where else “sheat” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appearspasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrasha” appearsplunder, booty
Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.
Where else “vaz” 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).
4therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of Adonai YHWH: Thus says Adonai YHWH to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, and to the desolate ruins and to the abandoned cities that have become booty and mockery to the rest of the nations that are all around,
5 · This verse (above)
6Therefore prophesy concerning the ground of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I, in my jealousy and in my fury, have spoken, because the disgrace of the nations you have borne.
