Study it in the app“Therefore, look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will make heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon the shout of war; and it will become a mound of desolation, and her daughters will be burned with fire; and Israel will possess those who possessed him, says YHWH.”
Therefore,לָכֵןlook,הִנֵּהdaysיָמִיםare coming,בָּאִיםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהwhen I will make heardוְהִשְׁמַעְתִּיagainst Rabbahאֶל רַבַּתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammonעַמּוֹןthe shoutתְּרוּעַתof war;מִלְחָמָהand it will becomeוְהָיְתָהa moundלְתֵלof desolation,שְׁמָמָהand her daughtersוּבְנֹתֶיהָwill be burnedתִּצַּתְנָהwith fire;בָּאֵשׁand Israelוְ יִשְׂרָאֵלwill possessיָרַשׁthose who possessed him,אֶת יֹרְשָׁיוsaysאָמַרYHWH.יְהוָה
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” 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” appearsproclaim
Literally "make hear": to make known to all.
Where else “hishmati” appearsRabbah
Rabbah, the capital of the sons of Ammon; also a town in Judah. The name means "great."
Where else “rabat” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearswar cry
A loud voice that warns of war or danger.
Where else “teruat” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayta” appearsmound, ruin heap
Mound: a hill formed by the ruins of a destroyed city.
Where else “tel” appearsdesolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appearsset on fire
Set on fire, burn.
Where else “titsatna” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearspossess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yarash” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears“Her daughters”: the villages that depended on the city.
Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
1Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says YHWH: Are there no sons for Israel? Or has he no heir? Why has their king taken possession of Gad, and his people settled in his cities?
2 · This verse (above)
3Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is devastated! Cry out, daughters of Rabbah! Gird on sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro among the enclosures; for their king will go into exile, his priests and his princes together.
