Study it in the app“Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be expiated, and this is all the fruit of removing his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altar like stones of chalk crushed to pieces, Asherahs and incense altars will not rise.”
Thereforeלָכֵןby thisבְּזֹאתthe iniquityעֲוֺןof Jacobיַעֲקֹבwill be expiated,יְכֻפַּרand this isוְזֶהallכָּלthe fruitפְּרִיof removingהָסִרhis sin:חַטָּאתוֹwhen he makesבְּשׂוּמוֹallכָּלthe stonesאַבְנֵיof the altarמִזְבֵּחַlike stonesכְּאַבְנֵיof chalkגִרcrushed to pieces,מְנֻפָּצוֹתAsherahsאֲשֵׁרִיםand incense altarsוְחַמָּנִיםwill notלֹאrise.יָקֻמוּ
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appearsJacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearsatone
To cover guilt so there is forgiveness.
Where else “yechupar” appearsfruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “peri” appearsremove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “hasir” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appearsmake
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “sum” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avne” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appearslime
Lime, limestone burned in a kiln.
Where else “gir” appearsshatter
To break something into pieces with force.
Where else “menupatsot” appearsAsherah
Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.
Where else “asherim” appearsincense altar
An altar or pillar for burning incense to false gods.
Where else “chamanim” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appears8With measure, by sending her away you contended with her; he removed her with his hard wind in the day of the east wind.
9 · This verse (above)
10For the fortified city is solitary, an abode sent away and forsaken like the wilderness; there the calf will graze, and there it will lie down and consume its branches.
