Study it in the app“Listen! The voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is YHWH not in Zion? Is her King not in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their carved images, with foreign vapors?””
Listen!הִנֵּהThe voiceקוֹלof the cryשַׁוְעַתof the daughterבַּתof my peopleעַמִּיfrom a landמֵאֶרֶץfar away:מַרְחַקִּים“Is YHWH notהַיהוָה אֵיןin Zion?בְּצִיּוֹןIsאִםher Kingמַלְכָּהּnotאֵיןin her?”בָּהּ“Whyמַדּוּעַhave they provoked me to angerהִכְעִסוּנִיwith their carved images,בִּפְסִלֵיהֶםwith foreignנֵכָרvapors?”בְּהַבְלֵי
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appearscry for help
Cry for help.
Where else “shavat” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsdistance, far place
Distance, a far place; "from afar".
Where else “marchakim” 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” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearssupreme king
YHWH, king of Israel and the earth.
Where else “malka” appearswhy?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearsprovoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “hichisu” appearscarved image
Carved image: the figure of a god carved in wood or stone.
Where else “fesile” appearsforeign
What is foreign; "son of a foreigner" is someone of another people.
Where else “nechar” appearsvapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “havle” appearsZion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
18My comfort in sorrow! Within me my heart is faint.
19 · This verse (above)
20The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
