Study it in the app““Why should I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by what is not Elohim. I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and at the house of a prostitute they crowded together.”
“Whyאֵיshould I pardonאֶסְלַחyouלָךְfor this?לָזֹאתYour childrenבָּנַיִךְhave forsaken meעֲזָבוּנִיand swornוַיִּשָּׁבְעוּby what is notבְּלֹאElohim.אֱלֹהִיםI fed them to the full,וָאַשְׂבִּעַ אוֹתָםand they committed adultery,וַיִּנְאָפוּand at the houseוּבֵיתof a prostituteזוֹנָהthey crowded together.יִתְגֹּדָדוּ
forgive
Forgive, pardon. In the Bible this verb has only God as its subject.
Where else “eslach” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banayi” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azavu” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “yishavu” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearssatisfy
To give another all they need: YHWH gives good in plenty.
Where else “asbia” appearscommit adultery
To sleep with another's spouse.
Where else “yinafu” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appearsprostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zona” appearsband together
To form armed groups, sometimes to attack.
Where else “yitgodadu” appears6Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them, a wolf of the steppes will devastate them, a leopard is watching over their cities; everyone who goes out of them will be torn to pieces, for their transgressions are many, their apostasies are mighty.
7 · This verse (above)
8Well-fed horses in heat they have become; each neighs after his neighbor’s wife.
