Study it in the app“For by myself I have sworn, declares YHWH, that Bozrah will become a horror, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all her cities will become eternal ruins.”
Forכִּיby myselfבִיI have sworn,נִשְׁבַּעְתִּיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהthatכִּיBozrahבָצְרָהwill becomeתִּהְיֶהa horror,לְשַׁמָּהa reproach,לְחֶרְפָּהa waste,לְחֹרֶבand a curse;וְלִקְלָלָהand allוְכָלher citiesעָרֶיהָwill becomeתִהְיֶינָהeternalעוֹלָםruins.לְחָרְבוֹת
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbati” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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” appearsBozrah
Bozrah, an important city of Edom; also a town in Moab.
Where else “vatsra” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tihye” appearshorror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appearsdisgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appearswaste
Devastated places left empty and dry.
Where else “chorev” appearscurse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kelala” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appearsruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “charvot” appears12For thus says YHWH: Look, those whose judgment was not to drink the cup will certainly drink it; and you, are you the one who will go entirely unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but you will certainly drink.
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14A report I have heard from YHWH, and an envoy is sent among the nations: “Gather yourselves and come against her, and rise up for battle!”
