Study it in the app“I have paid attention and listened, but they do not speak what is right; no man repents of his evil, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone turns in his course, like a horse rushing into battle.”
I have paid attentionהִקְשַׁבְתִּיand listened,וָאֶשְׁמָעbut they do notלוֹאspeakיְדַבֵּרוּwhat is right;כֵןnoאֵיןmanאִישׁrepentsנִחָםof his evil,עַל רָעָתוֹsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whatמֶהhave I done?”עָשִׂיתִיEveryoneכֻּלֹּהturnsשָׁבin his course,בִּמְרוּצָתָםlike a horseכְּסוּסrushingשׁוֹטֵףinto battle.בַּמִּלְחָמָה
pay 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 “hikshavti” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “eshma” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaberu” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsfeel sorry
To grieve over something done, or to feel sorrow for someone.
Where else “nicham” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raat” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shav” appearsrunning, course
Running; the way someone runs (2 Samuel 18:27, where the watchman recognizes Ahimaaz by his running). Also the course someone takes in life (Jeremiah 8:6; 23:10).
Where else “merutsata” appearshorse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “sus” appearsoverflow
To burst its banks and carry everything off.
Where else “shotef” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears5Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned wayward in perpetual apostasy? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.
6 · This verse (above)
7Even the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times, and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane keep the time of their coming, but my people do not know the justice of YHWH.
