Study it in the app“And your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; the sweeping whip, when it passes through, you will be trampled by it.”
And your covenantוְ בְּרִיתְכֶםwith deathאֶת מָוֶתwill be annulled,כֻפַּרand your agreementוְחָזוּתְכֶםwith Sheolאֶת שְׁאוֹלwill notלֹאstand;תָקוּםthe sweepingשׁוֹטֵףwhip,שׁוֹטwhenכִּיit passes through,יַעֲבֹרyou will beוִהְיִיתֶםtrampledלְמִרְמָסby it.לוֹ
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsdeath
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appearsappease
To calm someone, or cancel a covenant.
Where else “chupar” appearsagreement
A deal made between parties.
Where else “chazut” appearsSheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appearsstand firm
To hold firm, be fulfilled.
Where else “takum” appearsoverflow
To burst its banks and carry everything off.
Where else “shotef” appearswhip, scourge
Whip, scourge: a lash for striking animals or people. It is also used as an image of a punishment.
Where else “shot” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heyitem” appearstrampling, trampled ground
Trampling; what is trodden down underfoot.
Where else “mirmas” appears“Will be annulled” is the same verb that elsewhere is translated “be expiated” (22:14; 27:9); here the sense is to wipe out, to make void.
17And I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will carry away the refuge of lies, and the hiding place, waters will sweep it away.
18 · This verse (above)
19As often as it passes through, it will take you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.”
