Study it in the app“And the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the work of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels, so that I may make you a horror, and her inhabitants a hissing; and the reproach of my people you will bear.””
And the statutesוְ חֻקּוֹתof Omriעָמְרִיare kept,יִשְׁתַּמֵּרand allוְכֹלthe workמַעֲשֵׂהof the houseבֵיתof Ahab,אַחְאָבand you walkוַתֵּלְכוּin their counsels,בְּמֹעֲצוֹתָםso thatלְמַעַןI may makeתִּתִּיyouאֹתְךָa horror,לְשַׁמָּהand her inhabitantsוְיֹשְׁבֶיהָa hissing;לִשְׁרֵקָהand the reproachוְחֶרְפַּתof my peopleעַמִּיyou will bear.”תִּשָּׂאוּ
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukot” appearsOmri
Omri: a name of uncertain meaning. He is the army commander made king of Israel, who built Samaria and was the father of Ahab (1 Kings 16:16-28); other men bear the same name in Chronicles.
Where else “amri” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “yishtamer” appearswork
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appearsAhab
Ahab: a name meaning "father's brother." It is the king of Israel, son of Omri, who married Jezebel and served Baal (1 Kings 16:29–22:40); a false prophet in Babylon also bears the name (Jeremiah 29:21).
Where else “achav” appearswalk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “telchu” appearsplan, counsel
Plan, counsel: what someone intends to do after thinking it over.
Where else “moatsota” appearsmake
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “titi” appearshorror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appearshissing
Hissing: the whistle of scorn or astonishment of one who passes by a ruin; hence, "an object of scorn."
Where else “shereka” appearsdisgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpat” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “tisau” appears“A hissing”: the whistle of astonishment and mockery of someone passing by a ruin.
15You will sow but not reap; you will tread the olive but not anoint yourself with oil; and tread the new wine, but not drink the wine.
16 · This verse (above)
