H3588A–כִּי–ki

Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say.

כִּ֠י ki “for”

Have no fear because of them: for I am with you, to keep you safe, says the Lord.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Then the Lord said to me, You have seen well: for I keep watch over my word to give effect to it.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For see, I will send for all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord; and they will come, everyone placing his high seat at the way into Jerusalem, and against its walls on every side, and against all the towns of Judah.

כִּ֣י׀ ki “for”

They will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you, says the Lord, to give you salvation.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?

כִּ֥י ki “that”

For go over to the sea-lands of Kittim and see; send to Kedar and give deep thought to it; and see if there has ever been such a thing.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of ar

כִּי־ ki- “that”

For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman

כִּ֣י ki “that”כִּ֣י ki “for”

For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.

כִּ֤י ki “that”

Do not let your foot be without shoes, or your throat dry from need of water: but you said, There is no hope: no, for I have been a lover of strange gods, and after them I will go.

כִּֽי־ ki- “deed”

As the thief is shamed when he is taken, so is Israel shamed; they, their kings and their rulers, their priests and their prophets;

כִּ֣י ki “if”

Who say to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have given me life: for their backs have been turned to me, not their faces: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Up! and be our saviour.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

But where are the gods you have made for yourselves? let them come, if they are able to give you salvation in the time of your trouble: for the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah.

כִּ֚י ki “for”

And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ...

כִּ֥י ki “for”

And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.

כִּ֣י ki “that”

Truly, you will go out from him with your hands on your head: for the Lord has given up those in whom you have put your faith, and they will be of no help to you.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

And though she saw that, because Israel, turning away from me, had been untrue to me, I had put her away and given her a statement in writing ending the relation between us, still Judah, her false sister, had no fear, but went and did the same.

כִּ֤י ki “that”

Go, and give out these words to the north, and say, Come back, O Israel, though you have been turned away from me, says the Lord; my face will not be against you in wrath: for I am full of mercy, says the Lord, I will not be angry for ever.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Only be conscious of your sin, the evil you have done against the Lord your God; you have gone with strange men under every branching tree, giving no attention to my voice, says the Lord.

כִּ֛י ki “that”

Come back, O children who are turned away, says the Lord; for I am a husband to you, and I will take you, one from a town and two from a family, and will make you come to Zion;

כִּ֥י ki “for”

And it will come about, when your numbers are increased in the land, in those days, says the Lord, that they will no longer say, The ark of the agreement of the Lord: it will not come into their minds, they will not have any memory of it, or be conscious

כִּ֣י ki “that”

A voice is sounding on the open hilltops, the weeping and the prayers of the children of Israel; because their way is twisted, they have not kept the Lord their God in mind.

כִּ֤י ki “for”