H9003–/ב–b

All the keepers of your sheep will be food for the wind, and your lovers will be taken away prisoners: truly, then you will be shamed and unhonoured because of all your evil-doing.

בַּשְּׁבִ֣י (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

O you who are living in Lebanon, making your living-place in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied will you be when pains come on you, as on a woman in childbirth!

בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בָּֽאֲרָזִ֑ים (בָּֽ) ba. “among the”בְּבֹא־ (בְּ) be. “when”

And I will give you into the hands of those desiring your death, and into the hands of those whom you are fearing, even into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hands of the Chaldaeans.

בְּיַד֙ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְיַ֛ד (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְיַ֛ד (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְיַ֥ד (בְ) ve. “in”

Is this man Coniah a broken vessel of no value? is he a vessel in which there is no pleasure? why are they violently sent out, he and his seed, into a land which is strange to them?

בּ֑וֹ (בּ֑) b “in <the>”

The Lord has said, Let this man be recorded as having no children, a man who will not do well in all his life: for no man of his seed will do well, seated on the seat of the kingdom of David and ruling again in Judah.

בְּיָמָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “in”בִּיהוּדָֽה׃ (בִּ) bi. “over”

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.

בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.

בְּיָמָיו֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words.

בְקִרְבִּ֗י (בְ) ve. “in”

For the prophet as well as the priest is unclean; even in my house I have seen their evil-doing, says the Lord.

בְּבֵיתִ֛י (בְּ) be. “in”

For this cause their steps will be slipping on their way: they will be forced on into the dark and have a fall there: for I will send evil on them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

בָּֽאֲפֵלָ֔ה (בָּֽ) ba. “in the”בָ֑הּ (בָ֑) Va “on <the>”

And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong.

וּבִנְבִיאֵ֥י (בִ) vi “among”בַבַּ֔עַל (בַ) va. “by <the>”

And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a shocking thing; they are untrue to their wives, walking in deceit, and they make strong the hands of evil-doers, so that a man may not be turned back from his evil-doing: they have all become like Sodom to m

וּבִנְבִאֵ֨י (בִ) vi “among”בַּשֶּׁ֙קֶר֙ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

They keep on saying to those who have no respect for the word of the Lord, You will have peace; and to everyone who goes on his way in the pride of his heart, they say, No evil will come to you.

בִּשְׁרִר֤וּת (בִּ) bi “in”

For which of them has knowledge of the secret of the Lord, and has seen him, and given ear to his word? which of them has taken note of his word and given attention to it?

בְּס֣וֹד (בְּ) be. “in”

The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.

בְּאַֽחֲרִית֙ (בְּ) be. “at”בָ֖הּ (בָ֖) va “<in> <the>”

But if they had been in my secret, then they would have made my people give ear to my words, turning them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

בְּסוֹדִ֑י (בְּ) be. “in”

In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.

בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֛ים (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream,

בִּשְׁמִ֛י (בִּ) bi “in”

Is (my word) in the hearts of the prophets who give out false words, even the prophets of the deceit of their hearts?

בְּלֵ֥ב (בְּ) be. “in”

Whose purpose is to take away the memory of my name from my people by their dreams, of which every man is talking to his neighbour, as their fathers gave up the memory of my name for the Baal.

בַּחֲל֣וֹמֹתָ֔ם (בַּ) ba. “by”בַּבָּֽעַל׃ (בַּ) ba. “for <the>”

See, I am against the prophets of false dreams, says the Lord, who give them out and make my people go out of the way by their deceit and their uncontrolled words: but I did not send them or give them orders; and they will be of no profit to this people,

בְּשִׁקְרֵיהֶ֖ם (בְּ) be. “by”וּבְפַחֲזוּתָ֑ם (בְ) ve. “by”

And I will give them a heart to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord: and they will be my people, and I will be their God: for they will come back to me with all their heart.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”

And like the bad figs which are so bad that they are of no use for food, so I will give up Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his chiefs and the rest of Jerusalem who are still in this land, and those who are in the land of Egypt:

בָּאָ֣רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And I will send the sword, and need of food, and disease, among them till they are all cut off from the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.

בָ֔ם (בָ֔) Va “on <the>”