Study it in the app“All who found them devoured them, and their adversaries said, “We are not guilty, because they have sinned against YHWH, the dwelling of righteousness, and the hope of their fathers, YHWH.””
Allכָּלwho found themמוֹצְאֵיהֶםdevoured them,אֲכָלוּםand their adversariesוְצָרֵיהֶםsaid,אָמְרוּ“We are notלֹאguilty,נֶאְשָׁםbecauseתַּחַת אֲשֶׁרthey have sinnedחָטְאוּagainst YHWH,לַיהוָהthe dwellingנְוֵהof righteousness,צֶדֶקand the hopeוּמִקְוֵהof their fathers,אֲבוֹתֵיהֶםYHWH.”יְהוָה
meet
To meet someone on the road, or for trouble to fall upon him.
Where else “motse” appearsdevour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achalu” appearsadversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsare” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appearsbe guilty
Be guilty; bear the guilt of something, and so suffer its punishment.
Where else “nesham” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatu” 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 “yhva” appearsabode
A place to live.
Where else “neve” appearsrighteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appearshope
What is awaited with confidence; YHWH is Israel's hope.
Where else “mikve” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears6My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, the mountains have made them wayward; from mountain to hill they have gone, they have forgotten their resting place.
7 · This verse (above)
8Flee from the midst of Babylon, and from the land of the Chaldeans go out, and be like male goats before the flock.
