Study it in the app“Therefore fathers will eat sons in your midst, and sons will eat their fathers; and I will carry out judgments on you, and I will scatter all your remnant to every wind.”
Thereforeלָכֵןfathersאָבוֹתwill eatיֹאכְלוּsonsבָנִיםin your midst,בְּתוֹכֵךְand sonsוּבָנִיםwill eatיֹאכְלוּtheir fathers;אֲבוֹתָםand I will carry outוְעָשִׂיתִיjudgmentsשְׁפָטִיםon you,בָךְand I will scatterוְזֵרִיתִיallכָּלyour remnantשְׁאֵרִיתֵךְto everyלְכָלwind.רוּחַ
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avot” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toche” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asiti” appearsjudgments
Judgments: acts by which God punishes and does justice.
Where else “shefatim” appearsscatter
To strew people or things about.
Where else “zeriti” appearsremnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerite” appearswind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears9And I will do in you what I have not done, and the like of which I will not do again, because of all your abominations.
10 · This verse (above)
11Therefore, as I live, declares Adonai YHWH, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, I too will withdraw, and my eye will not spare, and I too will not show pity.
