Study it in the app“The days of punishment have come, the days of retribution have come; Israel will know it. The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad, because of the abundance of your iniquity, and the hostility is great.”
The daysיְמֵיof punishmentהַפְּקֻדָּהhave come,בָּאוּthe daysיְמֵיof retributionהַשִׁלֻּםhave come;בָּאוּIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill know it.יֵדְעוּThe prophetהַנָּבִיאis a fool,אֱוִילthe manאִישׁof the spiritהָרוּחַis mad,מְשֻׁגָּעbecause ofעַלthe abundanceרֹבof your iniquity,עֲוֺנְךָand the hostilityמַשְׂטֵמָהis great.וְרַבָּה
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appearspunishment
When God calls to account: what falls on the guilty.
Where else “pekuda” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appearsretribution
Punishment matching the wrong done.
Where else “shilum” 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” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedu” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appearsfool
A fool: one who will not learn or accept correction. It does not speak of a lack of intelligence but of an attitude toward life and toward God.
Where else “evil” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsspirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appearsbe mad
Be mad, have lost one's mind.
Where else “meshuga” appearsabundance
A great amount, so large that it is not measured.
Where else “rov” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appearshostility
Hostility, enmity: the hatred someone holds against another.
Where else “mastema” appearsgreat
Of great size or power; the one who stands out.
Where else “raba” appears6For look, they have gone because of the destruction; Egypt will gather them, Memphis will bury them; the precious things of their silver, nettles will possess them; thorns will be in their tents.
7 · This verse (above)
8Ephraim is a watchman with my Elohim; the prophet is a fowler's snare on all his ways, hostility in the house of his Elohim.
