Study it in the app“then you will say to them: ‘Because your fathers abandoned me, declares YHWH, and walked after other gods, and served them and bowed down to them, and me they abandoned, and my instruction they did not keep;”
then you will sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them:אֲלֵיהֶם‘Becauseעַל אֲשֶׁרyour fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםabandoned me,עָזְבוּ אוֹתִיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהand walkedוַיֵּלְכוּafterאַחֲרֵיotherאֲחֵרִיםgods,אֱלֹהִיםand served themוַיַּעַבְדוּםand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּto them,לָהֶםand meוְאֹתִיthey abandoned,עָזָבוּand my instructionוְאֶת תּוֹרָתִיthey did notלֹאkeep;שָׁמָרוּ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azvu” 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” appearswalk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
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 “yaavdu” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachavu” appearsteaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torati” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamaru” appears10And it will be, when you tell this people all these words, and they say to you: ‘Why has YHWH spoken against us all this great evil? And what is our iniquity, and what is our sin that we have sinned against YHWH our Elohim?’
11 · This verse (above)
12and you have done worse than your fathers; and look, you are walking, each one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so as not to listen to me.
