Lift upשְׂאִיyour eyesעֵינַיִךְto the bare heightsעַל שְׁפָיִםand see:וּרְאִיwhereאֵיפֹהhave you notלֹאbeen lain with?שֻׁכַּבְתְּBy the roadsעַל דְּרָכִיםyou satיָשַׁבְתְּfor themלָהֶםlike an Arabכַּעֲרָבִיin the wilderness,בַּמִּדְבָּרand you defiledוַתַּחֲנִיפִיthe landאֶרֶץwith your prostitutionsבִּזְנוּתַיִךְand with your evil.וּבְרָעָתֵךְ
Jeremiah 3:2
Study it in the app“Lift up your eyes to the bare heights and see: where have you not been lain with? By the roads you sat for them like an Arab in the wilderness, and you defiled the land with your prostitutions and with your evil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 3:2, word by word
- Lift upשְׂאִיsei
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “sei” appears- your eyesעֵינַיִenayi
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayi” appears- to the bare heightsשְׁפָיִםshefayim
bare height
Bare hill, a height without trees.
Where else “shefayim” appears- and seeרְאִיrei
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rei” appears- whereאֵיפֹהefo
where?
Where? From what place?
Where else “efo” appears- been lain withשֻׁכַּבְתְּshukavt
lie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “shukavt” appears- By the roadsדְּרָכִיםderachim
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derachim” appears- you satיָשַׁבְתְּyashavt
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yashavt” appears- like an Arabעֲרָבִיaravi
Arab
Arab: an inhabitant of Arabia, the desert lands south and east of Israel.
Where else “aravi” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- and you defiledתַּחֲנִיפִיtachanifi
defile
To stain the land with blood or idols.
Where else “tachanifi” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- with your prostitutionsזְנוּתַיִzenutayi
prostitution, unfaithfulness
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God.
Where else “zenutayi” appears- and with your evilרָעָתֵraate
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raate” appears
Translation note
“Been lain with” is what is read; what is written uses a cruder word.
The context
1Saying, “Look, if a man sends away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man’s, will he return to her again? Would not that land be utterly defiled? But you have prostituted yourself with many companions; and would you return to me? declares YHWH.
2 · This verse (above)
3And the showers have been withheld, and there has been no late rain; yet the forehead of a prostitute woman you have had; you refused to be ashamed.