Study it in the app“Return, wayward children, declares YHWH, for I am your husband, and I will take you, one from a city and two from a clan, and I will bring you to Zion.”
Return,שׁוּבוּwaywardשׁוֹבָבִיםchildren,בָנִיםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהforכִּיIאָנֹכִיam your husband,בָּעַלְתִּי בָכֶםand I will take you,וְלָקַחְתִּי אֶתְכֶםoneאֶחָדfrom a cityמֵעִירand twoוּשְׁנַיִםfrom a clan,מִמִּשְׁפָּחָהand I will bring youוְהֵבֵאתִי אֶתְכֶםto Zion.צִיּוֹן
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuvu” appearsbacksliding, turning away
Backsliding, turning away from the right path.
Where else “shovavim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” 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” appearsmarry
To take a wife, be her spouse.
Where else “baalti” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachti” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appearsfamily
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpacha” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “heveti” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearsIn Hebrew “return” (shuvu) and “wayward” (shovavim) come from the same root. “I am your husband” can also be understood “I am your master.”
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
13Only know your iniquity, that against YHWH your Elohim you have transgressed, and have scattered your ways to strangers under every leafy tree, and my voice you have not heeded, declares YHWH.
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15And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, and they will shepherd you with knowledge and understanding.
