Study it in the app“And I will bring back Israel to his fold, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and on the mountain of Ephraim and Gilead his soul will be satisfied.”
And I will bring backוְשֹׁבַבְתִּיIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלto his fold,אֶל נָוֵהוּand he will grazeוְרָעָהon Carmelהַכַּרְמֶלand Bashan,וְהַבָּשָׁןand on the mountainוּבְהַרof Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםand Gileadוְהַגִּלְעָדhis soulנַפְשׁוֹwill be satisfied.תִּשְׂבַּע
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “shovavti” 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” appearspasture
Where the flock rests.
Where else “nave” appearsgraze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “raa” appearsCarmel
See it on the mapWhere else “karmel” appearsBashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearsappetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nafsh” appearsbe satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “tisba” appears1Carmel
Today: Mount Carmel, near Haifa, Israel
A mountain ridge near the Mediterranean coast in northern Israel, by present-day Haifa.
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal there, and fire from the Lord fell (1 Kgs 18:19-38).
2Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
3Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
18Therefore thus says YHWH Tsevaot, Elohim of Israel: Look, I am punishing the king of Babylon and his land, as I punished the king of Assyria.
19 · This verse (above)
20In those days and in that time, declares YHWH, the iniquity of Israel will be sought, and there will be none; and the sins of Judah, and they will not be found; for I will forgive those whom I leave as a remnant.
