וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר
Moreover the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
Word-by-word analysis· 5 words
בֶּן אָדָ֕ם שִׂ֥ים פָּנֶ֖יךָ עַל הַ֣ר שֵׂעִ֑יר וְהִנָּבֵ֖א עָלָֽיו
Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
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וְאָמַ֣רְתָּ לּ֗וֹ כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנְנִ֥י אֵלֶ֖יךָ הַר שֵׂעִ֑יר וְנָטִ֤יתִי יָדִי֙ עָלֶ֔יךָ וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ שְׁמָמָ֥ה וּמְשַׁמָּֽה
And say to it, Thus says YHWH YHWH; Behold, O mount Seir, I against you, and I will stretch out mine hand against you, and I will make you most desolate.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
עָרֶ֨יךָ֙ חָרְבָּ֣ה אָשִׂ֔ים וְאַתָּ֖ה שְׁמָמָ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֑ה וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ כִּֽי אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה
I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate, and you shall know that I YHWH.
Word-by-word analysis· 10 words
יַ֗עַן הֱי֤וֹת לְךָ֙ אֵיבַ֣ת עוֹלָ֔ם וַתַּגֵּ֥ר אֶת בְּנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַל יְדֵי חָ֑רֶב בְּעֵ֣ת אֵידָ֔ם בְּעֵ֖ת עֲוֺ֥ן קֵֽץ
Because you have had a perpetual hatred, and have shed the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time iniquity an end:
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לָכֵ֣ן חַי אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה כִּֽי לְדָ֥ם אֶעֶשְׂךָ֖ וְדָ֣ם יִרְדֲּפֶ֑ךָ אִם לֹ֥א דָ֛ם שָׂנֵ֖אתָ וְדָ֥ם יִרְדֲּפֶֽךָ
Therefore, I live, says YHWH YHWH, I will prepare you to blood, and blood shall pursue you: sith you have not hated blood, even blood shall pursue you.
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וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ אֶת הַ֣ר שֵׂעִ֔יר לְשִֽׁמְמָ֖ה וּשְׁמָמָ֑ה וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נּוּ עֹבֵ֥ר וָשָֽׁב
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
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וּמִלֵּאתִ֥י אֶת הָרָ֖יו חֲלָלָ֑יו גִּבְעוֹתֶ֤יךָ וְגֵאוֹתֶ֨יךָ֙ וְכָל אֲפִיקֶ֔יךָ חַלְלֵי חֶ֖רֶב יִפְּל֥וּ בָהֶֽם
And I will fill his mountains with his slain : in your hills, and in your valleys, and in all your rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.
Word-by-word analysis· 12 words
שִֽׁמְמ֤וֹת עוֹלָם֙ אֶתֶּנְךָ֔ וְעָרֶ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תישבנה תָשֹׁ֑בְנָה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה
I will make you perpetual desolations, and your cities shall not return: and you shall know that I YHWH.
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יַ֣עַן אֲ֠מָרְךָ אֶת שְׁנֵ֨י הַגּוֹיִ֜ם וְאֶת שְׁתֵּ֧י הָאֲרָצ֛וֹת לִ֥י תִהְיֶ֖ינָה וִֽירַשְׁנ֑וּהָ וַֽיהוָ֖ה שָׁ֥ם הָיָֽה
Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas YHWH was there:
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לָכֵ֣ן חַי אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ וְעָשִׂ֗יתִי כְּאַפְּךָ֙ וּכְקִנְאָ֣תְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתָה מִשִּׂנְאָתֶ֖יךָ בָּ֑ם וְנוֹדַ֥עְתִּי בָ֖ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶשְׁפְּטֶֽךָ
Therefore, I live, says YHWH YHWH, I will even do according to your anger, and according to your envy which you have used out of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged you.
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וְֽיָדַעְתָּ֮ כִּֽי אֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֒ שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי אֶת כָּל נָאָֽצוֹתֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמַ֛רְתָּ עַל הָרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֣ר שממה שָׁמֵ֑מוּ לָ֥נוּ נִתְּנ֖וּ לְאָכְלָֽה
And you shall know that I YHWH, I have heard all your blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
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וַתַּגְדִּ֤ילוּ עָלַי֙ בְּפִיכֶ֔ם וְהַעְתַּרְתֶּ֥ם עָלַ֖י דִּבְרֵיכֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י שָׁמָֽעְתִּי
Thus with your mouth you have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard .
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כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה כִּשְׂמֹ֨חַ֙ כָּל הָאָ֔רֶץ שְׁמָמָ֖ה אֶעֱשֶׂה לָּֽךְ
Thus says YHWH YHWH; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make you desolate.
Word-by-word analysis· 10 words
כְּשִׂמְחָ֨תְךָ֜ לְנַחְלַ֧ת בֵּֽית יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל עַ֥ל אֲשֶׁר שָׁמֵ֖מָה כֵּ֣ן אֶעֱשֶׂה לָּ֑ךְ שְׁמָמָ֨ה תִֽהְיֶ֤ה הַר שֵׂעִיר֙ וְכָל אֱד֣וֹם כֻּלָּ֔הּ וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה
As you didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do to you: you shall be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, all of it: and they shall know that I YHWH.