Study it in the app“Look, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; Assyria founded it for desert creatures; they raised their siege towers, they stripped its palaces; he made it a ruin.”
Look,הֵןthe landאֶרֶץof the Chaldeans:כַּשְׂדִּיםthisזֶהpeopleהָעָםwas not;לֹא הָיָהAssyriaאַשּׁוּרfounded itיְסָדָהּfor desert creatures;לְצִיִּיםthey raisedהֵקִימוּtheir siege towers,בַחוּנָיוthey strippedעֹרְרוּits palaces;אַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָhe made itשָׂמָהּa ruin.לְמַפֵּלָה
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsChaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearsfound
To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.
Where else “yesada” appearsdesert dweller
One who lives in the desert: a nomad or a wild animal of the wilderness.
Where else “tsiyim” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “hekimu” appearssiege tower
A siege tower, one raised by those besieging a city.
Where else “vachunay” appearsstrip bare
Remove clothing, leave nothing on.
Where else “orru” appearscitadel, fortress
Citadel, fortified palace: the high and strongest part of a city or of the king's house.
Where else “armnote” appearsmake
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “sama” appearsruin
A ruin, a heap of fallen stones.
Where else “mapela” appearsThe Hebrew of this verse is obscure: it is not clear whether it speaks of Babylon (the Chaldeans) as an example of a ruined city, or of Tyre.
Assyria
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).
12And he said, “You will not again exult, oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon! Arise, cross over to Kittim; even there there will be no rest for you.”
13 · This verse (above)
14Wail, ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is devastated.
