H3588A–כִּי–ki

Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

But Yahweh said to me, Don't say, I am a child; for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.

כִּ֠י ki “for”

Don't be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you, says Yahweh.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Then said Yahweh to me, You have well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says Yahweh; and they shall come, and they shall set everyone his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls of it round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

כִּ֣י׀ ki “for”

They shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you, says Yahweh, to deliver you.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

thus says Yahweh, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

כִּ֥י ki “that”

For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts.

כִּי־ ki- “that”

For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, I will not serve; for on every high hill and under every green tree you did bow yourself, playing the prostitute.

כִּ֣י ki “that”כִּ֣י ki “for”

For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord Yahweh.

כִּ֤י ki “that”

Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

כִּֽי־ ki- “deed”

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;

כִּ֣י ki “if”

who tell a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

But where are your gods that you have made you? let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah.

כִּ֚י ki “for”

Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: you did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

Yet you said, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with you, because you say, I have not sinned.

כִּ֣י ki “that”

From there also shall you go forth, with your hands on your head: for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn't fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.

כִּ֤י ki “that”

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says Yahweh; I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful, says Yahweh, I will not keep [ergänzt: anger] forever.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says Yahweh.

כִּ֛י ki “that”

Return, backsliding children, says Yahweh; for I am a husband to you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

כִּ֥י ki “for”

It shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says Yahweh, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Yahweh; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.

כִּ֣י ki “that”

A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping [ergänzt: and] the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.

כִּ֤י ki “for”