Study it in the app“You, generation, see the word of YHWH! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of deep darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We roam free; we will not come to you anymore’?”
You, generation,הַדּוֹר אַתֶּםseeרְאוּthe wordדְבַרof YHWH!יְהוָהHave I beenהֲ הָיִיתִיa wildernessמִדְבָּרto Israel,לְיִשְׂרָאֵלorאִםa landאֶרֶץof deep darkness?מַאְפֵּלְיָהWhyמַדּוּעַdo my peopleעַמִּיsay,אָמְרוּ‘We roam free;רַדְנוּwe will notלוֹאcomeנָבוֹאto youאֵלֶיךָanymore’?עוֹד
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” 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” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayiti” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” 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” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsdeep darkness
Thick darkness.
Where else “mapelya” appearswhy?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appearsroam freely
A rare verb of uncertain sense: "roam free", "be restless".
Where else “radnu” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “navo” appears30In vain I struck your children; correction they did not accept; your sword devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.
31 · This verse (above)
32Does a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her sashes? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
