Study it in the app“For 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.”
Forכִּיasכַּאֲשֶׁרthe beltהָאֵזוֹרclingsיִדְבַּקto the loinsאֶל מָתְנֵיof a man,אִישׁsoכֵּןI made clingהִדְבַּקְתִּיto meאֵלַיallאֶת כָּלthe houseבֵּיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand allוְאֶת כָּלthe houseבֵּיתof Judah,יְהוּדָהdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהto beלִהְיוֹתto meלִיa people,לְעָםand a nameוּלְשֵׁםand praiseוְלִתְהִלָּהand beauty;וּלְתִפְאָרֶתbut they did notוְלֹאlisten.שָׁמֵעוּ
belt, band
A belt, a sash: a band tied around the waist.
Where else “ezor” appearscling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “yidbak” appearswaist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matne” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” 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” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsrenown
Fame, good name.
Where else “shem” appearspraise
Praise; deeds worthy of praise; a song of praise.
Where else “tehila” appearsbeauty
Beauty and splendor seen in something or someone.
Where else “tifaret” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shameu” appears10This 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.
11 · This verse (above)
12And you will say to them this word: ‘Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: Every jar will be filled with wine.’ And they will say to you: ‘Do we not know very well that every jar will be filled with wine?’
