Study it in the app“Woe to the stubborn children, declares YHWH, who make a plan, but not from me, and who pour out a libation, but not of my spirit, so as to add sin to sin;”
Woeהוֹיto the stubbornסוֹרְרִיםchildren,בָּנִיםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהwho makeלַעֲשׂוֹתa plan,עֵצָהbut notוְלֹאfrom me,מִנִּיand who pour outוְלִנְסֹךְa libation,מַסֵּכָהbut notוְלֹאof my spirit,רוּחִיso asלְמַעַןto addסְפוֹתsinחַטָּאתto sin;עַל חַטָּאת
woe
A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.
Where else “hoy” appearsbe stubborn
Be stubborn: turn away from what one is told, refuse to be led.
Where else “sorrim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asot” appearsplan
What someone decides to do, above all YHWH, which stands.
Where else “etsa” appearspour out
To offer wine or water by emptying it before God.
Where else “nesoch” appearslibation
An offering of liquid poured out before a god.
Where else “masecha” appearsSpirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruchi” appearsheap up
To pile on: sin upon sin.
Where else “sefot” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears“Pouring out a libation”: it can be understood as the way to seal a covenant; here, a covenant made without YHWH. On “my spirit” in lowercase, see the note on 11:2.
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2who set out to go down to Egypt, and have not asked my mouth, to take refuge in the stronghold of Pharaoh, and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt.
