H9003–/ב–b

Among the smooth stones of the valley is your heritage; they, even they, are your part: even to them have you made a drink offering and a meal offering. Is it possible for such things to be overlooked by me?

בְּחַלְּקֵי־ (בְּ) be. “[is] among”

And you went to Melech with oil and much perfume, and you sent your representatives far off, and went as low as the underworld.

בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

You were tired with your long journeys; but you did not say, There is no hope: you got new strength, and so you were not feeble.

בְּרֹ֤ב (בְּ) be. “with”

Your false gods will not keep you safe in answer to your cry; but the wind will take them, they will be gone like a breath: but he who puts his hope in me will take the land, and will have my holy mountain as his heritage.

בְּזַֽעֲקֵךְ֙ (בְּ) be. “when”בִי֙ (בִ) v “in”

I was quickly angry with his evil ways, and sent punishment on him, veiling my face in wrath: and he went on, turning his heart from me.

בַּעֲוֹ֥ן (בַּ) ba. “in”בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

Make a loud cry, do not be quiet, let your voice be sounding like a horn, and make clear to my people their evil doings, and to the family of Jacob their sins.

בְגָרוֹן֙ (בְ) ve. “with”

They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;

בְּי֤וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

If keeping from food makes you quickly angry, ready for fighting and giving blows with evil hands; your holy days are not such as to make your voice come to my ears on high.

בְּאֶגְרֹ֣ף (בְּ) be. “with”בַּמָּר֖וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:

בַּחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.

בְּצַחְצָחוֹת֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your plea

בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.

בַדָּ֔ם (בַ) va. “with <the>”בֶּֽעָוֹ֑ן (בֶּֽ) be. “with <the>”

No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

בְצֶ֔דֶק (בְ) ve. “in”בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה (בֶּ) be. “in”

Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.

בְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “with”בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.

בִּמְסִלּוֹתָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi “[are] on”

They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.

בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָ֑ם (בְּ) be. “on”בָּ֔הּ (בָּ֔) Ba “on”

For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.

בָּאֲפֵל֥וֹת (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”

We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are running against things in daylight as if it was evening; our place is in the dark like dead men.

בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ (בַֽ) va. “at <the>”בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים (בָּ) ba. “among the”

For our evil doings are increased before you, and our sins give witness against us: for our evil doings are with us, and we have knowledge of our sins:

בָּ֑נוּ (בָּ֑) Ba. “against”

We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.

בַּֽיהוָ֔ה (בַּֽ) ba. “<in>”

And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.

בָֽרְחוֹב֙ (בָֽ) va. “in the”

Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.

בְּעֵינָ֖יו (בְּ) be. “in”

Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.

בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “on”

So they will see the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the east: for he will come like a rushing stream, forced on by a wind of the Lord.

בֽוֹ׃ (בֽ) v “<in>”

And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.

בְּיַֽעֲקֹ֑ב (בְּ) be. “in”