Study it in the app“Why are we sitting still? Gather together, and let us go into the fortified cities and be silent there; for YHWH our Elohim has silenced us and given us to drink water of poison, because we have sinned against YHWH.”
Whyעַל מָהare weאֲנַחְנוּsitting still?יֹשְׁבִיםGather together,הֵאָסְפוּand let us goוְנָבוֹאinto the fortifiedהַמִּבְצָרcitiesאֶל עָרֵיand be silentוְנִדְּמָהthere;שָּׁםforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּhas silenced usהֲדִמָּנוּand given us to drinkוַיַּשְׁקֵנוּwaterמֵיof poison,רֹאשׁbecauseכִּיwe have sinnedחָטָאנוּagainst YHWH.לַיהוָה
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshvim” appearsassemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “heasfu” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “navo” appearsfortress, fortified city
Fortress, fortified city.
Where else “mivtsar” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsbe silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “nidma” 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 “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsgive drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “yashke” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appearspoison plant
A bitter, harmful plant.
Where else “rosh” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatanu” appears“Be silent” can also be understood “perish”: the same Hebrew verb has both senses. “Water of poison” comes back in 9:15 and 23:15.
13I will gather them in completely, declares YHWH. There are no grapes on the vine, and no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf withers; and what I gave them will pass away from them.’”
14 · This verse (above)
15We hoped for peace, but there is no good; for a time of healing, and look, terror!
