Study it in the app“But you, gird up your loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them.”
But you,וְאַתָּהgird upתֶּאְזֹרyour loins,מָתְנֶיךָand arise,וְקַמְתָּand speak to themוְדִבַּרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶםallאֵת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיcommand you.אֲצַוֶּךָּDo notאַלbe dismayedתֵּחַתbefore them,מִפְּנֵיהֶםorפֶּןI will dismay youאֲחִתְּךָbefore them.לִפְנֵיהֶם
gird
To gird: to fasten clothing or weapons at the waist for work or for battle; figuratively, to be filled with strength.
Where else “tezor” appearswaist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matne” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kamta” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarta” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “atsave” appearsbe dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “techat” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears16And I will pronounce my judgments against them for all their evil, in that they have forsaken me and burned incense to other gods and bowed down to the works of their hands.
17 · This verse (above)
18And I, look, I have made you this day a fortified city and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
