Study it in the app“For thus says YHWH concerning the house of the king of Judah: “Gilead you are to me, the summit of Lebanon; yet surely I will make you a wilderness, cities not inhabited.”
ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהconcerning the houseעַל בֵּיתof the kingמֶלֶךְof Judah:יְהוּדָה“Gileadגִּלְעָדyou areאַתָּהto me,לִיthe summitרֹאשׁof Lebanon;הַלְּבָנוֹןyet surelyאִם לֹאI will make youאֲשִׁיתְךָa wilderness,מִדְבָּרcitiesעָרִיםnotלֹאinhabited.נוֹשָׁבוּ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” 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” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearstop
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appearsLebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appearsmake
To turn someone into something.
Where else “ashit” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appearsbe inhabited
For a land to be inhabited.
Where else “noshavu” appears1Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
2Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
5But if you do not hear these words, by myself I have sworn, declares YHWH, that this house will become a ruin.’”
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7And I will consecrate against you destroyers, each with his weapons; and they will cut down your choicest cedars and make them fall into the fire.
