Study it in the app“And this a second thing you do: cover the altar of YHWH with tears, with weeping and groaning, because he no longer turns to the offering or takes it with favor from your hand.”
And thisוְזֹאתa second thingשֵׁנִיתyou do:תַּעֲשׂוּcoverכַּסּוֹתthe altarמִזְבַּחof YHWHיְהוָהwith tears,דִּמְעָהwith weepingבְּכִיand groaning,וַאֲנָקָהbecause he no longerמֵאֵין עוֹדturnsפְּנוֹתtoאֶלthe offeringהַמִּנְחָהor takes itוְלָקַחַתwith favorרָצוֹןfrom your hand.מִיֶּדְכֶם
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “shenit” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appearscover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “kasot” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbach” 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” appearstears, weeping
Tears, weeping. In 2 Kings 20:5 YHWH says to Hezekiah: "I have seen your tears." Frequent in the Psalms and in Jeremiah (Psalm 56:8; Jeremiah 9:1).
Where else “dima” appearsweeping
Weeping.
Where else “bechi” appearsgroaning
Groaning, lament: the moan of one who suffers.
Where else “anaka” appearsturn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “penot” appearsoffering
An offering to God.
Where else “mincha” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kachat” appearsfavor
The goodwill with which one looks on another.
Where else “ratson” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yed” appears12May YHWH cut off the man who does it, the one who wakes and the one who answers, from the tents of Jacob, and the one who offers an offering to YHWH Tsevaot.
13 · This verse (above)
14And you say, “Why?” Because YHWH has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have betrayed, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.
