Study it in the app“Therefore, as a tongue of fire devours stubble, and dry grass sinks down in the flame, their root will be like rot, and their blossom will go up like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of YHWH Tsevaot and spurned the saying of the Holy One of Israel.”
Therefore,לָכֵןasכֶּa tongueלְשׁוֹןof fireאֵשׁdevoursאֱכֹלstubble,קַשׁand dry grassוַחֲשַׁשׁsinks downיִרְפֶּהin the flame,לֶהָבָהtheir rootשָׁרְשָׁםwill beיִהְיֶהlike rot,כַּמָּקand their blossomוּפִרְחָםwill go upיַעֲלֶהlike dust;כָּאָבָקforכִּיthey have rejectedמָאֲסוּthe instructionתּוֹרַתof YHWHיְהוָהTsevaotצְבָאוֹתand spurnedוְ נִאֵצוּthe sayingאִמְרַתof the Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshon” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsdevour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “echol” appearsstubble
Stubble: the dry remains left in the field after the harvest.
Where else “kash” appearsdry grass, chaff
Dry grass, hay.
Where else “chashash” appearsgo limp
To grow feeble, be discouraged.
Where else “yirpe” appearsflame
Fire that rises and shines as it burns.
Where else “lehava” appearsshoot
What gives rise to something; a shoot from a stock, like a descendant of Jesse.
Where else “sharsha” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearsrot, stench
Rot, decay, the stench of what is rotting.
Where else “mak” appearsflower, blossom
Flower, bud, blossom; also a flower-shaped ornament.
Where else “firach” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appearsfine dust
Very fine dust.
Where else “avak” appearsreject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “maasu” appearsteaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” 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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsdespise
To turn away with scorn, as from YHWH.
Where else “nietsu” appearsword, saying
Saying, spoken word.
Where else “imrat” appearsHoly One
God, the one wholly set apart and pure, God of Israel.
Where else “kedosh” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears23who declare righteous the wicked for a bribe, and the righteousness of the righteous they take away from him!
24 · This verse (above)
25Therefore the anger of YHWH burned against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them, and the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger has not turned back, and his hand is still stretched out.
