Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: If it is difficult in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, will it also be difficult in my eyes? declares YHWH Tsevaot.”
ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתIfכִּיit is difficultיִפָּלֵאin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof the remnantשְׁאֵרִיתof thisהַזֶּהpeopleהָעָםin thoseבַּ הָהֵםdays,יָּמִיםwill it alsoגַּםbe difficultיִפָּלֵאin my eyes?בְּעֵינַיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot.צְבָאוֹת
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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsbe too hard
To be beyond reach: "is anything impossible for YHWH?".
Where else “yipale” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsremnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerit” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears5And the squares of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its squares.
6 · This verse (above)
7Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Look, I am saving my people from the land of the east and from the land of the setting of the sun;
