H9003–/ב–b

Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.

בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

As they put silver and brass and iron and lead and tin together inside the oven, heating up the fire on it to make it soft; so will I get you together in my wrath and in my passion, and, heating the fire with my breath, will make you soft.

בְּאַפִּ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”וּבַחֲמָתִ֔י (בַ) va. “in”

Yes, I will take you, breathing on you the fire of my wrath, and you will become soft in it.

בְּאֵ֣שׁ (בְּ) be. “with”בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

As silver becomes soft in the oven, so you will become soft in it; and you will be certain that I the Lord have let loose my passion on you.

בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”בְתוֹכָ֑הּ (בְ) ve. “in”

Son of man, say to her, You are a land on which no rain or thunderstorm has come in the day of wrath.

בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “in”

Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.

בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

Her priests have been acting violently against my law; they have made my holy things unclean: they have made no division between what is holy and what is common, and they have not made it clear that the unclean is different from the clean, and their eyes

בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.

בְקִרְבָּ֔הּ (בְ) ve. “in”

The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.

בְּלֹ֥א (בְּ) be. “with”

And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken place before me for the land, so that I might not send destruction on it: but there was no one.

בַּפֶּ֧רֶץ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And I let loose my passion on them, and have put an end to them in the fire of my wrath: I have made the punishment of their ways come on their heads, says the Lord.

בְּאֵ֥שׁ (בְּ) be. “with”בְּרֹאשָׁ֣ם (בְּ) be. “on”

They were acting like loose women in Egypt; when they were young their behaviour was loose: there their breasts were crushed, even the points of their young breasts were crushed.

בְמִצְרַ֔יִם (בְ) ve. “in”בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ן (בִּ) bi “in”

And she gave her unclean love to them, all of them the noblest men of Assyria: and she made herself unclean with the images of all who were desired by her.

וּבְכֹ֧ל (בְ) ve. “by”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “by”

And she has not given up her loose ways from the time when she was in Egypt; for when she was young they were her lovers, and by them her young breasts were crushed, and they let loose on her their unclean desire.

בִנְעוּרֶ֔יהָ (בִ) vi “in”

For this cause I gave her up into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians on whom her desire was fixed.

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיַד֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.

בַּחֶ֣רֶב (בַּ) ba. “with the”בָֽהּ׃ (בָֽ) Va “on”

And her loose behaviour became worse; for she saw men pictured on a wall, pictures of the Chaldaeans painted in bright red,

בַּשָּׁשַֽׁר׃ (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

With bands round their bodies and with head-dresses hanging round their heads, all of them looking like rulers, like the Babylonians, the land of whose birth is Chaldaea.

בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֗ם (בְּ) be. “on”בְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “on”

And the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, and made her unclean with their loose desire, and she became unclean with them, and her soul was turned from them.

בְּתַזְנוּתָ֑ם (בְּ) be. “by”בָ֔ם (בָ֔) Va “by”

But still she went on the more with her loose behaviour, keeping in mind the early days when she had been a loose woman in the land of Egypt.

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

And she made the memory of the loose ways of her early years come back to mind, when her young breasts were crushed by the Egyptians.

בַּעְשׂ֤וֹת (בַּ) ba “when”

And they will come against you from the north on horseback, with war-carriages and a great band of peoples; they will put themselves in order against you with breastplate and body-cover and metal head-dress round about you: and I will make them your judg

וּבִקְהַ֣ל (בִ) vi “with”בְּמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “by”

And my bitter feeling will be working against you, and they will take you in hand with passion; they will take away your nose and your ears, and the rest of you will be put to the sword: they will take your sons and daughters, and the rest of you will be

בָּ֗ךְ (בָּ֗) Ba “on”בְּחֵמָ֔ה (בְּ) be. “in”בַּחֶ֣רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָּ) ba. “by <the>”

For this is what the Lord has said: See, I will give you up into the hands of those who are hated by you, into the hands of those from whom your soul is turned away in disgust:

בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיַ֛ד (בְּ) be. “in”

And they will take you in hand with hate, and take away all the fruit of your work, and let you be unveiled and without clothing: and the shame of your loose behaviour will be uncovered, your evil designs and your loose ways.

בְּשִׂנְאָ֗ה (בְּ) be. “in”