Study it in the app“Therefore, thus says YHWH: I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; my house will be built in it, declares YHWH Tsevaot, and the line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.”
Therefore,לָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהI have returnedשַׁבְתִּיto Jerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִַםwith mercy;בְּרַחֲמִיםmy houseבֵּיתִיwill be builtיִבָּנֶהin it,בָּהּdeclaresנְאֻםYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתand the lineוְקָוwill be stretched outיִנָּטֶהoverעַלJerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלִָם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavti” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearscompassion
A deep tenderness, like a mother's.
Where else “rachamim” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “beti” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yibane” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsmeasuring line
A stretched cord used to measure and mark out exactly.
Where else “kav” appearsstretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “yinate” appears“The line”: it can be understood as the measuring line, for building the city again.
Jerusalem
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).
15And with great anger I am angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was angry only a little, but they helped toward evil.
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17Call out again, saying, Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: My cities will again overflow with good, and YHWH will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.’”
