Study it in the app“Hear, earth; look, I am bringing evil upon this people, the fruit of their thoughts, for to my words they have not paid attention, and my instruction, they have rejected it.”
Hear,שִׁמְעִיearth;הָאָרֶץlook,הִנֵּהIאָנֹכִיam bringingמֵבִיאevilרָעָהupon this people,אֶל הָעָם הַזֶּהthe fruitפְּרִיof their thoughts,מַחְשְׁבוֹתָםforכִּיto my wordsעַל דְּבָרַיthey have notלֹאpaid attention,הִקְשִׁיבוּand my instruction,וְתוֹרָתִיthey have rejected it.וַיִּמְאֲסוּ בָהּ
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimi” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appearsharm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raa” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsfruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “peri” appearsthought
What one has in mind and intends.
Where else “machshvota” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devara” appearspay attention, listen
To pay attention, to listen carefully, to prick up the ears. It is more than hearing: it is heeding what is said.
Where else “hikshivu” appearsteaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torati” appearsreject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “yimasu” appears18“Therefore hear, nations, and know, community, what is against them.
19 · This verse (above)
20What use to me is frankincense that comes from Sheba, or the good cane from a land far away? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.”
