Study it in the app“The priests did not say, ‘Where is YHWH?’ And those who handle the instruction did not know me, and the shepherds transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and walked after what does not profit.”
The priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםdid notלֹאsay,אָמְרוּ‘Where isאַיֵּהYHWH?’יְהוָהAnd those who handleוְתֹפְשֵׂיthe instructionהַתּוֹרָהdid notלֹאknow me,יְדָעוּנִיand the shepherdsוְהָרֹעִיםtransgressedפָּשְׁעוּagainst me,בִיand the prophetsוְהַנְּבִיאִיםprophesiedנִבְּאוּby Baalבַבַּעַלand walkedהָלָכוּafterוְאַחֲרֵיwhat does notלֹאprofit.יוֹעִלוּ
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” 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” appearshandle
To handle an instrument or weapon with the hand.
Where else “tofse” appearsteaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appearsknow a person
To know someone.
Where else “yedau” appearsshepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roim” appearstransgress
To break with God and his law.
Where else “pashu” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appearsprophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “nibu” appearsBaal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appearsfollow
"Go after" someone, follow them.
Where else “halachu” appearsprofit, be useful
To profit, to be of use, to serve for something.
Where else “yoilu” appears7And I brought you into a land of orchards to eat its fruit and its good things; but you came in and defiled my land, and my inheritance you made an abomination.
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9Therefore I will still contend with you, declares YHWH, and with the children of your children I will contend.
