Study it in the app“And they will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; and he will deliver from Assyria when he comes into our land and when he treads within our border.”
And they will shepherdוְרָעוּthe landאֶרֶץof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרwith the sword,בַּחֶרֶבand the landוְ אֶרֶץof Nimrodנִמְרֹדat its entrances;בִּפְתָחֶיהָand he will deliverוְהִצִּילfrom Assyriaמֵאַשּׁוּרwhenכִּיhe comesיָבוֹאinto our landבְאַרְצֵנוּand whenוְכִיhe treadsיִדְרֹךְwithin our border.בִּגְבוּלֵנוּ
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “rau” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsNimrod
Nimrod, a son of Cush, remembered as the first great warrior and hunter.
Where else “nimrod” appearsentrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “fetache” appearsrescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hitsil” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearstread
To step on; crush grapes underfoot.
Where else “yidroch” appearsterritory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevule” appearsAssyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
5And this one will be peace. When Assyria comes into our land and when he treads in our citadels, we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men.
6 · This verse (above)
7And the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from YHWH, like showers on the grass, which does not wait for man nor hope for human beings.
