H9003–/ב–b

And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

בִּשְׁתֵּ֧י (בִּ) bi “in”בָּעֲשִׂרִ֛י (בָּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “on”

Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

בָּעֶ֗רֶב (בָּ) ba. “in the”בַּבֹּ֑קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

בֶּֽחֳרָבוֹת֙ (בֶּֽ) be. “[are] in the”בַּחֶ֣רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”בַּמְּצָד֥וֹת (בַּ) ba. “[are] in the”וּבַמְּעָר֖וֹת (בַ) va. “in the”בַּדֶּ֥בֶר (בַּ) ba. “by <the>”

Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

בְּתִתִּ֤י (בְּ) be. “when”

Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

בְּךָ֙ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְפִתְחֵ֖י (בְ) ve. “in”

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

בְּפִיהֶם֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

וּבְבֹאָ֑הּ (בְ) ve. “when”בְתוֹכָֽם׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

וּבְחָזְקָ֛ה (בְ) ve. “with”וּבְפָֽרֶךְ׃ (בְ) ve. “with”

My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “on”

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

בְּיוֹם־ (בְּ) be. “on”בְתוֹךְ־ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

בָּאֲפִיקִ֕ים (בָּ) ba. “in the”וּבְכֹ֖ל (בְ) ve. “in”

I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

בְּמִרְעֶה־ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְהָרֵ֥י (בְ) ve. “on”בְּנָ֣וֶה (בְּ) be. “in”

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

בְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (בְ) ve. “with”

Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

בְּרַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “with”בְּרַגְלֵיכֶ֖ם (בְּ) be. “with”

Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

בְּצַ֤ד (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְכָתֵף֙ (בְ) ve. “with”וּבְקַרְנֵיכֶ֥ם (בְ) ve. “with”

And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

בְתוֹכָ֑ם (בְ) ve. “in”

And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

בַמִּדְבָּר֙ (בַ) va. “in the”בַּיְּעָרִֽים׃ (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

בְּעִתּ֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “at”

And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

בְּשִׁבְרִי֙ (בְּ) be. “when”בָּהֶֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “by”

And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

בְּעֵ֣ת (בְּ) be. “at”בְּעֵ֖ת (בְּ) be. “at”

And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

בָהֶֽם׃ (בָ) va. “in”

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.

בָּ֑ם (בָּ֑) Ba “with”בָ֖ם (בָ֖) va “among”

Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.

בְּפִיכֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “with”

Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

בְּיַ֡עַן (בְּ) be. “by”