Study it in the app“What shall I cite as witness for you? What shall I liken to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you so that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For great as the sea is your shattering; who can heal you?”
Whatמָהshall I cite as witness for you?אֲעִידֵךְWhatמָהshall I liken to you,אֲדַמֶּה לָּךְO daughterהַבַּתof Jerusalem?יְרוּשָׁלִַםWhatמָהshall I compare to youאַשְׁוֶה לָּךְso that I may comfort you,וַאֲנַחֲמֵךְvirginבְּתוּלַתdaughterבַּתof Zion?צִיּוֹןForכִּיgreatגָדוֹלas the seaכַּיָּםis your shattering;שִׁבְרֵךְwhoמִיcan heal you?יִרְפָּא לָךְ
testify
To declare what one knows, or summon others to vouch for one's words.
Where else “aide” appearsliken
To be like another, or to set one thing beside another as equal.
Where else “adame” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsbe equal
To match, have the same value.
Where else “ashve” appearscomfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “anachame” appearsvirgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betulat” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearsruin
The downfall of a people or someone.
Where else “shivre” appearsheal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “yirpa” appears1Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
2Zion
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).
12To their mothers they say, “Where is grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the squares of the city, as their life is poured out into the bosom of their mothers.
13 · This verse (above)
14Your prophets have seen for you what is empty and insipid, and they have not exposed your iniquity to bring back your captivity; they have seen for you burdens that are empty and deceptions.
