Study it in the app““The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not YHWH remember them, and did it come up on his heart?”
“The incenseאֶת הַקִּטֵּרthatאֲשֶׁרyou burnedקִטַּרְתֶּםin the citiesבְּעָרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהand in the streetsוּבְחֻצוֹתof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםyouאַתֶּםand your fathers,וַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםyour kingsמַלְכֵיכֶםand your princes,וְשָׂרֵיכֶםand the peopleוְעַםof the land,הָאָרֶץdid notהֲלוֹאYHWHיְהוָהrememberזָכַרthem,אֹתָםand did it come upוַתַּעֲלֶהon his heart?עַל לִבּוֹ
incense
Incense, what is burned as an offering.
Where else “kiter” appearsburn incense
To offer fragrant smoke to YHWH or other gods.
Where else “kitartem” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsstreet
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” 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” appearsremember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zachar” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “taale” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
20And Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women and to all the people who had answered him with that word, saying,
21 · This verse (above)
22And YHWH could no longer bear it because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations that you committed; so your land has become a ruin and a horror and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
