Study it in the app“Assyria will not save us; on horses we will not ride; and we will no longer say, ‘Our god,’ to the work of our hands; for in you the orphan finds compassion.””
Assyriaאַשּׁוּרwill notלֹאsave us;יוֹשִׁיעֵנוּonעַלhorsesסוּסwe will notלֹאride;נִרְכָּבand we will noוְלֹאlongerעוֹדsay,נֹאמַר‘Our god,’אֱלֹהֵינוּto the workלְמַעֲשֵׂהof our hands;יָדֵינוּforאֲשֶׁרin youבְּךָthe orphanיָתוֹםfinds compassion.”יְרֻחַם
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearssave
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “yoshie” appearshorse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “sus” appearsride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “nirkav” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “nomar” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appearswork
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appearsfatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yatom” appearshave compassion
To feel tenderness for someone, like a mother for her child.
Where else “yerucham” appearsAssyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
2Take with you words, and return to YHWH; say to him, “Take away all iniquity, and accept what is good, and we will pay as bulls our lips.
3 · This verse (above)
4I will heal their turning away; I will love them freely; for my anger has turned from him.
