Study it in the app“therefore, look, Adonai is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory; and it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks;”
therefore,וְלָכֵןlook,הִנֵּהAdonaiאֲדֹנָיis bringing upמַעֲלֶהagainst themעֲלֵיהֶםthe watersמֵיof the River,הַנָּהָרmightyהָעֲצוּמִיםand many,וְהָרַבִּיםthe kingמֶלֶךְof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרand allוְ כָּלhis glory;כְּבוֹדוֹand it will riseוְעָלָהover allעַל כָּלits channelsאֲפִיקָיוand goוְהָלַךְover allעַל כָּלits banks;גְּדוֹתָיו
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “maale” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appearsmighty, numerous
Strong, mighty; numerous.
Where else “atsumim” appearsmuch
In great quantity, more than expected.
Where else “rabim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearsglory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevod” appearschannel
The bottom along which a brook or the sea runs.
Where else “afikay” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halach” appearsbank
Bank: the edge of a river.
Where else “gedotay” appearsAssyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
6“Because this people has rejected the waters of Shiloah that go gently, and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
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8and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through, it will reach up to the neck; and the spreading of its wings will be the fullness of the breadth of your land, Immanuel!”
