Study it in the app“Egypt will become a desolation, and Edom will become a desolate wilderness, because of the violence done to the children of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.”
Egyptמִצְרַיִםwill becomeתִהְיֶהa desolation,לִשְׁמָמָהand Edomוֶאֱדוֹםwill becomeתִּהְיֶהa desolateשְׁמָמָהwilderness,לְמִדְבַּרbecause of the violenceמֵחֲמַסdone to the childrenבְּנֵיof Judah,יְהוּדָהin whoseאֲשֶׁרlandבְּאַרְצָםthey shedשָׁפְכוּinnocentנָקִיאblood.דָם
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tihye” appearsdesolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appearsEdom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsviolence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appearsspill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shafchu” appearsinnocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “naki” appearsbloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
18And it will happen on that day that the mountains will drip sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the streambeds of Judah will run with water; and a spring will go out from the house of YHWH and water the wadi of the Acacias.
19 · This verse (above)
20But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem to generation after generation.
