Study it in the app“You have said, “It is vain to serve Elohim; and what profit is there that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked as mourners before YHWH Tsevaot?”
You have said,אֲמַרְתֶּם“It is vainשָׁוְאto serveעֲבֹדElohim;אֱלֹהִיםand whatוּמַהprofit is thereבֶּצַעthatכִּיwe have keptשָׁמַרְנוּhis charge,מִשְׁמַרְתּוֹand thatוְכִיwe have walkedהָלַכְנוּas mournersקְדֹרַנִּיתbeforeמִפְּנֵיYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot?צְבָאוֹת
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appearsemptiness
Something of no value; using YHWH's name lightly.
Where else “shav” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avod” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsgain, profit
Gain, profit; often gain got by wrongdoing.
Where else “betsa” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamarnu” appearscharge
What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.
Where else “mishmart” appearswalk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “halachnu” appearsas mourners, in mourning
In mourning, dressed in dark clothes as a sign of grief. It appears only in Malachi 3:14, of those who say it was useless to have walked as mourners before YHWH.
Where else “kedoranit” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” 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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears13Your words have been strong against me, says YHWH. And you say, “What have we spoken together against you?”
14 · This verse (above)
15And now we call happy the insolent; also those who do wickedness are built up; also they test Elohim and escape.”
