Study it in the app“And I will stretch out my hand against them, and make the land a desolation and a horror more than the wilderness of Diblah, in all their dwelling places; and they will know that I am YHWH.””
And I will stretch outוְנָטִיתִיmy handיָדִיagainst them,עֲלֵיהֶםand makeוְנָתַתִּיthe landהָאָרֶץa desolationשְׁמָמָהand a horrorוּמְשַׁמָּהmore thanמִthe wildernessמִּדְבַּרof Diblah,דִּבְלָתָהin allבְּכֹלtheir dwelling places;מוֹשְׁבוֹתֵיהֶםand they will knowוְיָדְעוּthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWH.”יְהוָה
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “natiti” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appearsmake
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “natati” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsdesolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appearshorror
The dismay a ruin causes.
Where else “meshama” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsDiblah
Diblah: an unknown place; perhaps a copying error for Riblah, in Syria.
Where else “divlata” appearsdwelling
A place where someone settles to live, whether a house, a city or a camp.
Where else “moshvote” 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” appears“Diblah”: an unknown place; with a change of one letter it would be Riblah, in the north.
13And you will know that I am YHWH, when their slain are among their idols, around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every leafy tree, and under every dense oak, the place where they gave a pleasing aroma to all their idols.
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