H9004–/כ–k

before the decree bring forth, [ergänzt: before] the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you.

כְּמֹ֖ץ (כְּ) ke. “like”

Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.

כִּסְדֹ֤ם (כִּ) ki “like”כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔ה (כַּֽ) ka. “like”

And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.

כַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (כַּ) ka. “like the”

Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him; and the people did fear before Jehovah.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?

כְּאַ֖יִן (כְּ) ke. “as”

In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts.

כַּֽחוֹתָ֑ם (כַּֽ) ka. “like <the>”

Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah.

כַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֡ם (כַ) kha. “like”

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (כַּ) ka. “just”כִּדְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ (כִּ) ki “according to”וּכְמַ֣עֲלָלֵ֔ינוּ (כְ) khe. “according to”

Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head; but these are come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.

כְּפִי־ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

כַּמָּֽה־ (כַּ) ka. “how”וְכַמָּ֥ה (כַ) kha. “how”

Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.

כְּאַרְבַּ֞ע (כְּ) ke. “like”

And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

כְּאִ֖ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; now they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven.

כְּכַנְפֵ֣י (כְּ) ke. “like”

[ergänzt: and] to speak unto the priests of the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”כַּמֶּ֥ה (כַּ) ka. “how”

And it is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts;

כַאֲשֶׁר־ (כַ) kha. “just”

But now I will not be unto the remnant of this people as in the former days, saith Jehovah of hosts.

כַיָּמִ֤ים (כַ) khai. “like the”

And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing. Fear not, [ergänzt: but] let your hands be strong.

כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ (כַּ) ka. “just”

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: As I thought to do evil unto you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I repented not;

כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

כֶּֽעָפָ֔ר (כֶּֽ) ke. “like <the>”כְּטִ֥יט (כְּ) ke. “like”

And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

כְּאַלֻּ֣ף (כְּ) ke. “like”כִּיבוּסִֽי׃ (כִּ) ki. “[will be] like”

For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.

כְּחֶ֥רֶב (כְּ) ke. “like”

And Jehovah shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.

כַבָּרָ֖ק (כַ) kha. “like <the>”

Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

כַּמִּזְרָ֔ק (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”כְּזָוִיּ֖וֹת (כְּ) ke. “like”

And Jehovah their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for [ergänzt: they shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted on high over his land.

כְּצֹ֣אן (כְּ) ke. “like”

Mine anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for Jehovah of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his goodly horse in the battle.

כְּס֥וּס (כְּ) ke. “like”