Study it in the app“On that day one will take up against you a poem, and lament with a bitter lament and say, ‘We are utterly ruined; the portion of my people he changes; how he removes it from me! To the faithless he divides our fields.’”
On that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאone will take upיִשָּׂאagainst youעֲלֵיכֶםa poem,מָשָׁלand lamentוְנָהָהwith a bitter lamentנְהִי נִהְיָהand say,אָמַר‘We are utterlyשָׁדוֹדruined;נְשַׁדֻּנוּthe portionחֵלֶקof my peopleעַמִּיhe changes;יָמִירhowאֵיךְhe removes itיָמִישׁfrom me!לִיTo the faithlessלְשׁוֹבֵבhe dividesיְחַלֵּקour fields.’שָׂדֵינוּ
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appearspoem
A solemn message spoken as a poem, like Balaam's.
Where else “mashal” appearslament
Lament, wail with grief.
Where else “naha” appearslament
Lament: a song of mourning for someone who has died or for a disaster.
Where else “nehi” appearslamentation
Lamentation, a mournful wailing.
Where else “nihya” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsdevastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shadod” appearsportion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelek” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearssubstitute
To put one thing in place of another.
Where else “yamir” appearsremove
To remove something from its place.
Where else “yamish” appearsturning away, faithless
Turning away, faithless: one who leaves the right path.
Where else “shovev” appearsdivide
To give each one their part.
Where else “yechalek” appearsfarmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appears“A bitter lament”: in Hebrew it is a play on sounds (naha nehi nihya); the last word can also be understood as “It is over!”
3Therefore thus says YHWH: “Look, I am devising against this family an evil from which you will not remove your necks, and you will not walk haughtily, for it is an evil time.
4 · This verse (above)
5Therefore you will have no one casting the line by lot in the assembly of YHWH.”
