Study it in the app“Therefore, as I live, declares YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel, surely Moab will be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, a possession of nettles and a pit of salt, and a desolation forever; the remnant of my people will plunder them, and the rest of my nation will inherit them.””
Therefore,לָכֵןas I live,חַי אָנִיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsurelyכִּיMoabמוֹאָבwill beתִּהְיֶהlike Sodom,כִּסְדֹםand the sonsוּבְנֵיof Ammonעַמּוֹןlike Gomorrah,כַּעֲמֹרָהa possessionמִמְשַׁקof nettlesחָרוּלand a pitוּמִכְרֵהof salt,מֶלַחand a desolationוּשְׁמָמָהforever;עַד עוֹלָםthe remnantשְׁאֵרִיתof my peopleעַמִּיwill plunder them,יְבָזּוּםand the restוְיֶתֶרof my nationגּוֹיִיwill inherit them.”יִנְחָלוּם
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” 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” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appearsSodom
See it on the mapWhere else “sedom” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearsGomorrah
See it on the mapWhere else “amora” appearspossession
A possession, what one holds as one's own.
Where else “mimshak” appearsnettles, weeds
Nettles or another thorny weed.
Where else “charul” appearspit
A pit, such as a salt pit.
Where else “michre” appearssalt
Salt. "The Salt Sea" is the Dead Sea.
Where else “melach” appearsdesolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appearsremnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerit” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearsplunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “yevazu” appearsrest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yeter” appearsnation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goyi” appearsinherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “yinchalu” appears1Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
2Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
3Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
4Gomorrah ?
Today: disputed; near the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain, next to Sodom; its site is not known for certain.
God destroyed it together with Sodom for its great sin (Gen 18:20; 19:24).
8“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the revilings of the sons of Ammon, with which they reproached my people and made themselves great against their territory.
9 · This verse (above)
10This will be theirs in place of their pride, because they reproached and made themselves great against the people of YHWH Tsevaot.
