Study it in the app“This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, will be like this belt, which is not good for anything.”
Thisהַזֶּהevilהָרָעpeople,הָעָםwho refuseהַמֵּאֲנִיםto hearלִשְׁמוֹעַmy words,אֶת דְּבָרַיwho walkהַהֹלְכִיםin the stubbornnessבִּשְׁרִרוּתof their heart,לִבָּםand have goneוַיֵּלְכוּafterאַחֲרֵיotherאֲחֵרִיםgodsאֱלֹהִיםto serve themלְעָבְדָםand to bow downוּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺתto them,לָהֶםwill beוִיהִיlike this belt,כָּאֵזוֹר הַזֶּהwhichאֲשֶׁרis notלֹאgoodיִצְלַחfor anything.לַכֹּל
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsrefusing
Refusing, stubbornly unwilling.
Where else “meanim” appearsobey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shemoa” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devara” appearswalk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “holchim” appearsstubbornness
Stubbornness: the hardness of one who follows only his own opinion.
Where else “sherirut” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appearsgo along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “yelchu” appearsother
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avda” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “hishtachavot” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yhi” appearsbelt, band
A belt, a sash: a band tied around the waist.
Where else “ezor” appearsprosper
To go well, thrive.
Where else “yitslach” appears9Thus says YHWH: “Just so I will ruin the pride of Judah and the pride of Jerusalem, the great.
10 · This verse (above)
11For as the belt clings to the loins of a man, so I made cling to me all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah, declares YHWH, to be to me a people, and a name and praise and beauty; but they did not listen.
