Study it in the app“Woe, sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have abandoned YHWH, they have spurned the Holy One of Israel, they have turned away backward.”
Woe,הוֹיsinfulחֹטֵאnation,גּוֹיpeopleעַםweighed downכֶּבֶדwith iniquity,עָוֺןoffspringזֶרַעof evildoers,מְרֵעִיםchildrenבָּנִיםwho act corruptly!מַשְׁחִיתִיםThey have abandonedעָזְבוּYHWH,יְהוָהthey have spurnedנִאֲצוּthe Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלthey have turned awayנָזֹרוּbackward.אָחוֹר
woe
A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.
Where else “hoy” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chote” appearsnation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsheavy
That weighs much and is hard to carry.
Where else “keved” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appearsdo evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “mereim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appearscorrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “mashchitim” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azvu” 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” appearsdespise
To turn away with scorn, as from YHWH.
Where else “niatsu” appearsHoly One
God, the one wholly set apart and pure, God of Israel.
Where else “kedosh” 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” appearsbecome estranged
To become a stranger to someone.
Where else “nazoru” appearsbehind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appears3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey the manger of its master; Israel does not know, my people does not understand.
4 · This verse (above)
5Why will you be struck again, that you keep adding rebellion? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
