H9004–/כ–k

Nevertheless the darkness shall not be as when the distress was in the [ergänzt: land], at the time he at first lightly, and afterwards heavily, visited the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, -- the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

כָּעֵ֣ת (כָּ) ka. “like the”

Thou hast multiplied the nation, hast increased its joy: they joy before thee like to the joy in harvest; as [ergänzt: men] rejoice when they divide the spoil.

כְּשִׂמְחַ֣ת (כְּ) ke. “like”כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

כְּי֥וֹם (כְּ) ke. “like”

For wickedness burneth as a fire: it devoureth briars and thorns, and kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they go rolling up like a pillar of smoke.

כָאֵשׁ֙ (כָ) kha. “like <the>”

Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burned up, and the people is as fuel for fire: a man spareth not his brother;

כְּמַאֲכֹ֣לֶת (כְּ) ke. “like”

I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge; to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

כְּחֹ֥מֶר (כְּ) ke. “like”

Is not Calno as Karkemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?

כְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”כְאַרְפַּד֙ (כְ) khe. “like”כְדַמֶּ֖שֶׂק (כְ) khe. “like”

As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, -- and their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

כַּאֲשֶׁר֙ (כַּ) ka. “just”

-- shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images?

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [ergänzt: it], and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit [ergänzt: on thrones];

כַּאבִּ֖יר (כַּ) ka. “like”

and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.

כַקֵּ֤ן׀ (כַ) kha. “like <the>”וְכֶאֱסֹף֙ (כֶ) khe. “as”

-- Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [ergänzt: him who is] not wood!

כְּהָנִ֥יף (כְּ) ke. “as”כְּהָרִ֥ים (כְּ) ke. “as”

Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness, and under his glory he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire:

כִּיק֥וֹד (כִּ) ki. “like”

and it shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a sick man fainteth.

כִּמְסֹ֥ס (כִּ) ki “as”

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, [ergänzt: only] a remnant of them shall return: the consumption determined shall overflow in righteousness.

כְּח֣וֹל (כְּ) ke. “like”

And Jehovah of hosts will stir up a scourge against him, according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and his rod [ergänzt: shall be] upon the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

כְּמַכַּ֥ת (כְּ) ke. “like”

And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

כַּבָּקָ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “like the”

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

כַּמַּ֖יִם (כַּ) ka. “like the”

And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people which will be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day when he went up out of the land of Egypt.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.

כְּשֹׁ֖ד (כְּ) ke. “like”

and they shall be terrified: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them, they shall writhe as a woman that travaileth; they shall be amazed one at another, their faces shall be as flames.

כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֖ה (כַּ) ka “like <the>”

And it shall be as with a chased roe, and as with a flock that no man gathereth together; every one shall turn to his own people, and every one flee into his own land.

כִּצְבִ֣י (כִּ) ki “like”וּכְצֹ֖אן (כְ) khe. “like”

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֣ת (כְּ) ke. “like”

[ergänzt: that] made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; [ergänzt: that] dismissed not his prisoners homewards?

כַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

but thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, covered with the slain -- those thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit: like a carcase trodden under foot.

כְּנֵ֣צֶר (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּפֶ֥גֶר (כְּ) ke. “like”