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And it happenedוְהָיָהthat through the lightnessמִקֹּלof her prostitutionזְנוּתָהּshe defiledוַתֶּחֱנַףthe land,אֶת הָאָרֶץand she committed adulteryוַתִּנְאַףwith stoneאֶת הָאֶבֶןand with wood.וְאֶת הָעֵץ
Jeremiah 3:9
Study it in the app“And it happened that through the lightness of her prostitution she defiled the land, and she committed adultery with stone and with wood.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 3:9, word by word
- And it happenedהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- that through the lightnessקֹּלkol
lightness
Something taken lightly, as if it weighed nothing.
Where else “kol” appears- of her prostitutionזְנוּתָzenuta
prostitution, unfaithfulness
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God.
Where else “zenuta” appears- she defiledתֶּחֱנַףtechenaf
defile
To stain the land with blood or idols.
Where else “techenaf” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and she committed adulteryתִּנְאַףtinaf
be unfaithful
Israel being unfaithful to God with idols.
Where else “tinaf” appears- with stoneאֶבֶןeven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appears- and with woodעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears
The context
8And I saw that for all the reasons that apostate Israel had committed adultery, I had sent her away and given her her certificate of divorce; yet treacherous Judah, her sister, did not fear, but she went and prostituted herself too, she herself.
9 · This verse (above)
10And even in all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but in falsehood, declares YHWH.”