H9004–/כ–k

What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur,

כַּאֲשֶׁר־ (כַּ) ka. “just”

Lift thine eyes to the high places, and see, Where hast thou not been lain with? On the ways thou hast sat for them, As an Arab in a wilderness, And thou defilest the land, By thy fornications, and by thy wickedness.

כַּעֲרָבִ֖י (כַּ) ka. “like”

And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.

כְּלִבִּ֑י (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Be circumcised to Jehovah, And turn aside the foreskins of your heart, O man of Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury go out as fire, and hath burned, And there is none quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.

כָאֵ֜שׁ (כָ) kha. “like <the>”

Lo, as clouds he cometh up, And as a hurricane his chariots, Lighter than eagles have been his horses, Wo to us, for we have been spoiled.

כַּעֲנָנִ֣ים (כַּ) ka. “like”וְכַסּוּפָה֙ (כַ) kha. “like the”

As the keepers of a field They have been against her round about, For with Me she hath been rebellious, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

כְּשֹׁמְרֵ֣י (כְּ) ke. “like”

For a voice as of a sick woman I have heard, Distress, as of one bringing forth a first-born, The voice of the daughter of Zion, She bewaileth herself, she spreadeth out her hands, `Wo to me now, for weary is my soul of slayers!'

כְּחוֹלָ֜ה (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּמַבְכִּירָ֔ה (כְּ) ke. “like”

For these do I not lay a charge? An affirmation of Jehovah, And on a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?

כָּזֶ֔ה (כָּ) ka. “[is] like”

Its quiver `is' as an open sepulchre, All of them -- mighty ones.

כְּקֶ֣בֶר (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”

And it hath come to pass, when ye say, `For what hath Jehovah our God done to us all these?' That thou hast said unto them, `As ye have forsaken Me, And serve the gods of a foreigner in your land, So do ye serve strangers in a land not yours.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.

כְּשַׁ֣ךְ (כְּ) ke. “as”

As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

כִּכְלוּב֙ (כִּ) ki “like”

For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?

כָּזֶ֔ה (כָּ) ka. “[is] like”

As the digging of a well, is `for' its waters, So she hath digged `for' her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually `are' sickness and smiting.

כְּהָקִ֥יר (כְּ) ke. “as”

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They surely glean, as a vine, the remnant of Israel, Put back thy hand, as a gatherer to the baskets.

כַגֶּ֖פֶן (כַ) kha. “like <the>”כְּבוֹצֵ֖ר (כְּ) ke. “like”

Bow and javelin they take hold of, Fierce it `is', and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea doth sound, And on horses they ride, set in array as a man of war, Against thee, O daughter of Zion.

כַּיָּ֣ם (כַּ) ka “[is] like the”כְּאִישׁ֙ (כְּ) ke. “like”

`We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.

כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃ (כַּ) ka “like <the>”

I also to the house on which My name is called, In which ye are trusting, And to the place that I gave to you, and to your fathers, Have done, as I have done to Shiloh.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And I have cast you from before My face, As I have cast out all your brethren, The whole seed of Ephraim.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

I have given attention, yea, I hearken, They do not speak right, No man hath repented of his wickedness, Saying, What have I done? Every one hath turned to his courses, As a horse is rushing into battle.

כְּס֥וּס (כְּ) ke. “like”

For these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself?

כָּזֶ֔ה (כָּ) ka. “[is] like”

Who `is' the wise man? and he understandeth this, And he to whom the mouth of Jehovah spake? And he doth declare it, For what hath the land perished? It hath been burnt up as a wilderness, Without any passing through.

כַמִּדְבָּ֖ר (כַ) kha. “like <the>”

Speak thus -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And fallen hath the carcase of man, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering.

כְּדֹ֖מֶן (כְּ) ke. “like”וּכְעָמִ֛יר (כְ) khe. “like”

As a palm they `are' stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.

כְּתֹ֨מֶר (כְּ) ke. “[are] like”

Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.

כִּדְנָה֙ (כִּ) ki “like”