H9024–הּ–h

And fire hath gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

בַדֶּ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “its”פִּרְיָ֣הּ (הּ) h “its”

Then I said to them, What is the high place to which ye go? and its name is called Bamah to this day.

שְׁמָהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “its”

And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth from its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

מִתַּעְרָ֛הּ (הּ) h “its”

That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.

מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Shall I cause it to return into its sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

תַּעְרָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yes, thou shalt show her all her abominations.

תּוֹעֲבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.

בְּתוֹכָ֖הּ (הּ) h “it”עִתָּ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Yes, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst of it.

בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “it”

As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst of it; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.

בְתוֹכָ֑הּ (הּ) h “it”

Son of man, say to her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

גֻשְׁמָ֖הּ (הּ) h “its”

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst of her.

נְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “its”בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ (הּ) h “it”אַלְמְנוֹתֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “it”

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shown difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

כֹּהֲנֶ֜יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

שָׂרֶ֣יהָ (הָ) ha “its”בְקִרְבָּ֔הּ (הּ) h “its”

And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

וּנְבִיאֶ֗יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

אֲחוֹתָ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

Thus she committed her lewd deeds with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.

תַּזְנוּתֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”

Neither left she her lewd deeds brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they first corrupted her, and poured their impurities upon her.

תַּזְנוּתֶ֤יהָ (הָ) ha “her”בִנְעוּרֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”בְתוּלֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

These uncovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

עֶרְוָתָהּ֒ (הּ֒) h “her”בָּנֶ֤יהָ (הָ) ha “her”וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”

And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her prostitutions more than her sister in her prostitutions.

אֲחוֹתָ֣הּ (הּ) h “her”עַגְבָתָ֖הּ (הּ) h “her”תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “her”

And that she increased her prostitutions: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion.

תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes she doted upon them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.

עֵינֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their lewdness, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.

נַפְשָׁ֖הּ (הּ) h “her”

So she disclosed her lewd deeds, and exposed her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, as my mind was alienated from her sister.

תַּזְנוּתֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”עֶרְוָתָ֑הּ (הּ) h “her”אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “her”

Yet she multiplied her prostitutions, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, in which she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”נְעוּרֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”