Study it in the app“And I will empty the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I will give their corpses as food for the birds of the heavens and for the animals of the earth.”
And I will emptyוּבַקֹּתִיthe counselאֶת עֲצַתof Judahיְהוּדָהand Jerusalemוִירוּשָׁלִַםin this place,בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּהand I will make them fallוְהִפַּלְתִּיםby the swordבַּחֶרֶבbeforeלִפְנֵיtheir enemiesאֹיְבֵיהֶםand by the handוּבְיַדof those who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיtheir life;נַפְשָׁםand I will giveוְנָתַתִּיtheir corpsesאֶת נִבְלָתָםas foodלְמַאֲכָלfor the birdsלְעוֹףof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםand for the animalsוּלְבֶהֱמַתof the earth.הָאָרֶץ
empty
To leave with nothing; lay a land waste.
Where else “vakoti” appearsplan
What someone decides to do, above all YHWH, which stands.
Where else “atsat” 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” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “hipalti” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakshe” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsha” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appearscarcass, dead body
A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.
Where else “nivlata” appearsfood
Food.
Where else “maachal” appearsbird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsbeast
Animals in general.
Where else “vehemat” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
6Therefore, look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter.
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8And I will make this city a horror and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss over all its wounds.
