Study it in the app“For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?”
For the transgressionבְּפֶשַׁעof Jacobיַעֲקֹבis allכָּלthis,זֹאתand for the sinsוּבְחַטֹּאותof the houseבֵּיתof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלWhatמִיis the transgressionפֶשַׁעof Jacob?יַעֲקֹבIs it notהֲלוֹאSamaria?שֹׁמְרוֹןAnd whatוּמִיare the high placesבָּמוֹתof Judah?יְהוּדָהIs it notהֲלוֹאJerusalem?יְרוּשָׁלִָם
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “fesha” appearsJacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatovt” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearshigh place
An elevated site with an altar, often for other gods.
Where else “bamot” 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” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears1Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
2Jerusalem
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).
4And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a slope.
5 · This verse (above)
6“And I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field, a place for planting a vineyard; and I will pour down into the valley her stones, and her foundations I will lay bare.
