Study it in the app“I have stirred up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun he will call on my name; and he will come upon officials as upon clay, and as the potter treads mud.”
I have stirred upהַעִירוֹתִיone from the north,מִצָּפוֹןand he has come;וַיַּאתfrom the risingמִמִּזְרַחof the sunשֶׁמֶשׁhe will callיִקְרָאon my name;בִשְׁמִיand he will comeוְיָבֹאupon officialsסְגָנִיםas upon clay,כְּמוֹ חֹמֶרand asוּכְמוֹthe potterיוֹצֵרtreadsיִרְמָסmud.טִיט
stir up
To move someone to act, as YHWH a king.
Where else “hairoti” appearsnorth
North.
Where else “tsafon” appearscome
To arrive at a place or a moment, to become present.
Where else “yat” appearseast
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appearssun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appearscry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikra” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsofficial, magistrate
Official, magistrate: one who holds a government office under a higher chief. In Ezra and Nehemiah, the authorities of the people together with the leaders.
Where else “seganim” appearsclay
Wet earth, the potter's dough, or mire.
Where else “chomer” appearspotter
The one who works clay and shapes it into pots with his hands.
Where else “yotser” appearstrample
Tread, trample with the feet: the potter's clay, grapes, or a person or thing crushed under those passing by. In 2 Kings 7:17, 20 the people, rushing out through the gate, trample the officer and he dies.
Where else “yirmas” appearsmud, clay
Mud, clay; the mire of the streets or of the bottom of a pit. Also the potter's clay.
Where else “tit” appears24Look, you are of nothing, and your work of nothing; an abomination is he who chooses you.
25 · This verse (above)
26Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and from before, that we might say, “He is right”? Indeed, there is no one who declared, indeed, there is no one who made it heard, indeed, there is no one who heard your words.
