Study it in the app“And they will build the ancient ruins; the former desolations they will raise up; and they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of generation after generation.”
And they will buildוּבָנוּthe ancientעוֹלָםruins;חָרְבוֹתthe formerרִאשֹׁנִיםdesolationsשֹׁמְמוֹתthey will raise up;יְקוֹמֵמוּand they will renewוְחִדְּשׁוּthe ruinedחֹרֶבcities,עָרֵיthe desolationsשֹׁמְמוֹתof generationדּוֹרafter generation.וָדוֹר
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “vanu” appearsof old
The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.
Where else “olam” appearsruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “charvot” appearsformer
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishonim” appearsbe desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “shommot” appearsestablish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “yekomemu” appearsrepair
To fix what was broken or in ruins so it serves again.
Where else “chidshu” appearswaste
Devastated places left empty and dry.
Where else “chorev” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsgeneration
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears3to appoint for those who mourn in Zion, to give them a headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit; and they will be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of YHWH, to glorify himself.
4 · This verse (above)
5And strangers will stand and shepherd your flocks, and foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.
