Study it in the app“Did not your fathers do thus, and our Elohim brought on us all this evil, and on this city? Yet you are adding burning on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.””
Did notהֲלוֹאyour fathersאֲבֹתֵיכֶםdoעָשׂוּthus,כֹהand our Elohimוַ אֱלֹהֵינוּbroughtיָּבֵאon usעָלֵינוּallכָּלthisהַזֹּאתevil,הָרָעָהand onוְעַלthisהַזֹּאתcity?הָעִירYet youוְאַתֶּםare addingמוֹסִיפִיםburningחָרוֹןonעַלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלby profaningלְחַלֵּלthe Sabbath.”הַשַּׁבָּת
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsburning anger
Burning of anger.
Where else “charon” 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” appearsprofane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “chalel” appearsSabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabat” appears“Burning”: the burning of God’s anger.
17So I contended with the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the day of the Sabbath?
18 · This verse (above)
19It happened that when the gates of Jerusalem grew dark before the Sabbath, I spoke, and the doors were shut; and I said that they should not open them until after the Sabbath. And some of my young men I stationed at the gates, so that no burden would enter on the day of the Sabbath.
