Study it in the app““For my people is foolish; me they do not know. They are senseless children, and they are not discerning. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they do not know.””
“Forכִּיmy peopleעַמִּיis foolish;אֱוִילmeאוֹתִיthey do notלֹאknow.יָדָעוּThey areהֵמָּהsenselessסְכָלִיםchildren,בָּנִיםand they areוְ הֵמָּהnotלֹאdiscerning.נְבוֹנִיםThey areהֵמָּהwiseחֲכָמִיםto do evil,לְהָרַעbut to do goodוּלְהֵיטִיבthey do notלֹאknow.”יָדָעוּ
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearsfool
A fool: one who will not learn or accept correction. It does not speak of a lack of intelligence but of an attitude toward life and toward God.
Where else “evil” appearsknow a person
To know someone.
Where else “yadau” appearswitless, fool
Foolish; a fool who acts without sense.
Where else “sechalim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appearsbe skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “nevonim” appearswise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appearsdo evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “hara” appearsdo good
To act rightly, or mend one's ways.
Where else “hetiv” appears21How long must I see the banner, must I hear the sound of the horn?
22 · This verse (above)
23I looked at the earth, and look, it was formless and void; and to the heavens, and their light was not there.
