Study it in the app“When they fast, I am not listening to their cry; and when they offer up burnt offering and grain offering, I do not accept them; but by the sword and by famine and by pestilence I am consuming them.””
Whenכִּיthey fast,יָצֻמוּI am notאֵינֶנִּיlisteningשֹׁמֵעַto their cry;אֶל רִנָּתָםand whenוְכִיthey offer upיַעֲלוּburnt offeringעֹלָהand grain offering,וּמִנְחָהI do notאֵינֶנִּיaccept them;רֹצָםbutכִּיby the swordבַּחֶרֶבand by famineוּבָרָעָבand by pestilenceוּבַדֶּבֶרIאָנֹכִיam consuming them.”מְכַלֶּה אוֹתָם
fast
Fast: go without food for a time, as a sign of grief or to seek God.
Where else “yatsumu” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shomea” appearscry for help
A plea to God for help.
Where else “rinata” appearsoffer up
To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".
Where else “yaalu” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appearsgrain offering
The grain offering.
Where else “mincha” appearsaccept
To gladly receive an offering or someone.
Where else “rotsa” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearsplague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “dever” appearsdestroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “mechale” appears11And YHWH said to me: “Do not pray for this people for their good.
12 · This verse (above)
13And I said: “Ah, Adonai YHWH! Look, the prophets are saying to them: ‘You will not see sword, and famine there will not be for you, but true peace I will give you in this place.’”
