Study it in the app“For the teraphim have spoken wickedness, and the diviners have seen a lie, and they speak dreams of falsehood; they comfort with emptiness. Therefore they have set out like sheep; they wander afflicted because there is no shepherd.”
Forכִּיthe teraphimהַתְּרָפִיםhave spokenדִּבְּרוּwickedness,אָוֶןand the divinersוְהַקּוֹסְמִיםhave seenחָזוּa lie,שֶׁקֶרand they speakיְדַבֵּרוּdreamsוַחֲלֹמוֹתof falsehood;הַשָּׁואthey comfortיְנַחֵמוּןwith emptiness.הֶבֶלThereforeעַל כֵּןthey have set outנָסְעוּlikeכְמוֹsheep;צֹאןthey wander afflictedיַעֲנוּbecauseכִּיthere is noאֵיןshepherd.רֹעֶה
household gods
Teraphim: images of gods kept in the home. The Bible counts them among idols (1 Samuel 15:23; Zechariah 10:2).
Where else “terafim” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibru” appearswickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appearspractice divination
Practice divination: try to learn what is hidden by casting lots or by signs.
Where else “kosmim” appearssee a vision
To see in a vision from God.
Where else “chazu” appearslie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appearsdream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalomot” appearsfalsehood
Something false, like false testimony.
Where else “shav” appearscomfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “yenachemu” appearsvain
With no result or gain, like someone toiling for nothing.
Where else “hevel” appearsset out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nasu” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearsafflict
To make suffer, oppress.
Where else “yaanu” appearsshepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roe” appearsTeraphim: images of household gods that were consulted to learn the future.
1Ask of YHWH rain in the time of the late rain; YHWH makes the lightning flashes, and rain in downpours he will give them, to each grass in the field.
2 · This verse (above)
3“Against the shepherds my anger has burned, and the male goats I will call to account; for YHWH Tsevaot has attended to his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like his horse of majesty in battle.
