Study it in the app“And he said to me, “Have you seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his chambers of figures? For they are saying, ‘YHWH does not see us; YHWH has forsaken the land.’””
And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Have you seen,הֲרָאִיתָsonבֶןof man,אָדָםwhatאֲשֶׁרthe eldersזִקְנֵיof the houseבֵיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלare doingעֹשִׂיםin the dark,בַּחֹשֶׁךְeachאִישׁin his chambersבְּחַדְרֵי וֹof figures?מַשְׂכִּיתForכִּיthey are saying,אֹמְרִים‘YHWHיְהוָהdoes notאֵיןseeרֹאֶהus;אֹתָנוּYHWHיְהוָהhas forsakenעָזַבthe land.’”הָאָרֶץ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raita” appearshuman being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ven” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” 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” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “osim” appearsdarkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsinner room
Inner room, private chamber.
Where else “chadre” appearscarved figure
Image cut in stone for worship; a fine mount for a jewel.
Where else “maskit” 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” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azav” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears11And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst, were standing before them, and each with his censer in his hand; and the dense smoke of the cloud of the incense was rising.
12 · This verse (above)
13And he said to me, “Yet you will again see great abominations that they are doing.”
