Study it in the app“Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Turn back, please, from your evil ways and from your evil deeds; but they did not listen, and did not pay attention to me, declares YHWH.”
Do notאַלbeתִּהְיוּlike your fathers,כַאֲבֹתֵיכֶםto whomאֲשֶׁר אֲלֵיהֶםthe formerהָרִאשֹׁנִיםprophetsהַנְּבִיאִיםcalled out,קָרְאוּsaying,לֵאמֹרThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתTurn back,שׁוּבוּplease,נָאfrom your evilמִ הָרָעִיםwaysדַּרְכֵיכֶםand from your evilוּ הָרָעִיםdeeds;מַעֲלְלֵיכֶםbut they did notוְלֹאlisten,שָׁמְעוּand did notוְלֹאpay attentionהִקְשִׁיבוּto me,אֵלַיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
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To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihyu” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsformer
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishonim” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appearsproclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “karu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” 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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsturn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shuvu” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raim” appearsmanner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darche” appearsdeeds, doings
Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.
Where else “maalle” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shamu” appearspay attention, listen
To pay attention, to listen carefully, to prick up the ears. It is more than hearing: it is heeding what is said.
Where else “hikshivu” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears3And you shall say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Return to me, declares YHWH Tsevaot, and I will return to you, says YHWH Tsevaot.
4 · This verse (above)
5Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, will they live forever?
