Study it in the app“And it will happen, when you say, ‘Why has YHWH our Elohim done all these things to us?’ you will say to them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’”
And it will happen,וְהָיָהwhenכִּיyou say,תֹאמְרוּ‘Whyתַּחַת מֶהhas YHWHיְהֹוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּdoneעָשָׂהallאֶת כָּלthese thingsאֵלֶּהto us?’לָנוּyou will say to them,וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם‘Asכַּאֲשֶׁרyou have forsaken meעֲזַבְתֶּם אוֹתִיand servedוַתַּעַבְדוּforeignנֵכָרgodsאֱלֹהֵיin your land,בְּאַרְצְכֶםsoכֵּןyou will serveתַּעַבְדוּstrangersזָרִיםin a landבְּאֶרֶץthat is notלֹאyours.’לָכֶם
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomru” 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 “yehova” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azavtem” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “taavdu” appearsforeign
What is foreign; "son of a foreigner" is someone of another people.
Where else “nechar” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appearsstranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zarim” appears18But even in those days, declares YHWH, I will not make a full end of you.
19 · This verse (above)
20Declare this in the house of Jacob, and proclaim it in Judah, saying,
