Study it in the app“For you have led yourselves astray at the cost of your souls, when you sent me to YHWH your Elohim, saying, ‘Pray for us to YHWH our Elohim, and according to all that YHWH our Elohim says, so tell us, and we will do it.’”
Forכִּיyou have ledהִתְעֵיתֶםyourselvesastrayהִתְעֵיתֶםat the cost of your souls,בְּנַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶםwhenכִּיyouאַתֶּםsentשְׁלַחְתֶּםmeאֹתִיto YHWHאֶל יְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵיכֶםsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Prayהִתְפַּלֵּלfor usבַּעֲדֵנוּto YHWHאֶל יְהוָהour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּand according to allוּכְכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּsays,יֹאמַרsoכֵּןtellהַגֶּדus,לָנוּand we will do it.’וְעָשִׂינוּ
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “hitetem” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshote” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelachtem” 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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearspray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “hitpalel” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “haged” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asinu” appears“Led [yourselves] astray”: the Hebrew verb is causative (hifil of תעה, “cause to err, mislead”); “at the cost of your souls” renders בְּנַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶם, literally “in your souls” (cf. 2 Samuel 23:17).
19YHWH has spoken against you, remnant of Judah: ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for certain that I have warned you today.
20 · This verse (above)
21And I have told you today, but you have not listened to the voice of YHWH your Elohim in anything that he has sent me to you.
