Study it in the app“For as the number of your cities are your gods, Judah; and as the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to the Shame, altars to burn incense to Baal.”
Forכִּיas the numberמִסְפַּרof your citiesעָרֶיךָareהָיוּyour gods,אֱלֹהֶיךָJudah;יְהוּדָהandוּas the numberמִסְפַּרof the streetsחֻצוֹתof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyou have set upשַׂמְתֶּםaltarsמִזְבְּחוֹתto the Shame,לַבֹּשֶׁתaltarsמִזְבְּחוֹתto burn incenseלְקַטֵּרto Baal.לַבָּעַל
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsstreet
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samtem” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchot” appearsshame
The shame one suffers, or what causes it.
Where else “boshet” appearsburn incense
To offer fragrant smoke to YHWH or other gods.
Where else “kater” appearsBaal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appears“The Shame” is Baal, as the end of the verse says (cf. 3:24).
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
12And the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they will certainly not save them in the time of their evil.
13 · This verse (above)
14As for you, do not pray for this people, and do not lift up for them a cry or a prayer, for I will not be listening in the time when they call to me because of their evil.
