Study it in the app“And if you say in your heart: “Why have these things happened to me?” For the multitude of your iniquity your skirts have been uncovered, your heels have suffered violence.”
And ifוְכִיyou sayתֹאמְרִיin your heart:בִּלְבָבֵךְ“Whyמַדּוּעַhave these thingsאֵלֶּהhappened to me?”קְרָאֻנִיFor the multitudeבְּרֹבof your iniquityעֲוֺנֵךְyour skirtsשׁוּלַיִךְhave been uncovered,נִגְלוּyour heelsעֲקֵבָיִךְhave suffered violence.נֶחְמְסוּ
think
To speak inwardly without saying it aloud; to think.
Where else “tomri” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levave” appearswhy?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearsbefall
For an event, good or bad, to befall someone without his seeking it.
Where else “kerau” appearsmultitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avone” appearshem, skirts
The lower edge, the skirts of a garment; also the train of a robe (Isaiah 6:1).
Where else “shulayi” appearsuncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “niglu” appearsheel
The back part of the foot, under the ankle.
Where else “akevayi” appearsdo violence, wrong
To do violence, to mistreat; to tear away by force.
Where else “nechmsu” appears“Heels” can be understood as a veiled way of speaking of nakedness (cf. 13:26).
21What will you say when he sets over you —and you taught them against you— friends as head? Will not pangs seize you like a woman giving birth?
22 · This verse (above)
23Can the Cushite change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then you also will be able to do good, you who are taught to do evil.
