H9028–הֶם–hem

And Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the company, and the heads of the thousands of Israel, who `are' with him, hear the words which the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh have spoken, and it is good in their eyes.

בְּעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “their”

And it cometh to pass, many days after that Jehovah hath given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua is old, entering into days,

אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “their”

`As to Jehovah your God, He doth thrust them from your presence, and hath dispossessed them from before you, and ye have possessed their land, as Jehovah your God hath spoken to you,

אַרְצָ֔ם (ם) m “their”

so as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you; and of the name of their gods ye do not make mention, nor do ye swear, nor do ye serve them, nor do ye bow yourselves to them;

אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֤ם (הֶ֤ם) Hem “their”

`And I bring you in unto the land of the Amorite who is dwelling beyond the Jordan, and they fight with you, and I give them into your hand, and ye possess their land, and I destroy them out of your presence.

אַרְצָ֔ם (ם) m “their”

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah -- choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; -- whether the gods whom your fathers served, which `are' beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house -- we serve Jehovah.'

בְּאַרְצָ֑ם (ם) m “their”

for Jehovah our God `is' He who is bringing us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants, and who hath done before our eyes these great signs, and doth keep us in all the way in which we have gone, and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed;

בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃ (ם) m “their”

And Judah goeth up, and Jehovah giveth the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hand, and they smite them in Bezek -- ten thousand men;

בְּיָדָ֑ם (ם) m “their”

and Adoni-Bezek saith, `Seventy kings -- their thumbs and their great toes cut off -- have been gathering under my table; as I have done so hath God repaid to me;' and they bring him in to Jerusalem, and he dieth there.

יְדֵיהֶ֨ם (הֶ֨ם) Hem “their”וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֜ם (הֶ֜ם) Hem “their”

and saith, `I cause you to come up out of Egypt, and bring you in unto the land which I have sworn to your fathers, and say, I do not break My covenant with you to the age; and ye -- ye make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land -- their altars ye break down; and ye have not hearkened to My voice -- what `is' this ye have done?

מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “their”

And I also have said, I do not cast them out from your presence, and they have been to you for adversaries, and their gods are to you for a snare.'

וֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “their”

And it cometh to pass, when the messenger of Jehovah speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, that the people lift up their voice and weep,

קוֹלָ֖ם (ם) m “their”

and forsake Jehovah, God of their fathers, who bringeth them out from the land of Egypt, and go after other gods (of the gods of the peoples who `are' round about them), and bow themselves to them, and provoke Jehovah,

אֲבוֹתָ֗ם (ם) m “their”

And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He giveth them into the hand of spoilers, and they spoil them, and He selleth them into the hand of their enemies round about, and they have not been able any more to stand before their enemies;

אֽוֹיְבֵיהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “their”אוֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “their”

and also unto their judges they have not hearkened, but have gone a-whoring after other gods, and bow themselves to them; they have turned aside `with' haste out of the way `in' which their fathers walked to obey the commands of Jehovah -- they have not done so.

אֲבוֹתָ֛ם (ם) m “their”

And when Jehovah raised up to them judges -- then was Jehovah with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repenteth Jehovah, because of their groaning from the presence of their oppressors, and of those thrusting them away.

אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “their”מִנַּֽאֲקָתָ֔ם (ם) m “their”

And it hath come to pass, at the death of the judge -- they turn back and have done corruptly above their fathers, to go after other gods, to serve them, and to bow themselves to them; they have not fallen from their doings, and from their stiff way.

מֵֽאֲבוֹתָ֔ם (ם) m “their”מִמַּ֣עַלְלֵיהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “their”וּמִדַּרְכָּ֖ם (ם) m “their”

And the anger of Jehovah doth burn against Israel, and He saith, `Because that this nation have transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened to My voice --

אֲבוֹתָ֔ם (ם) m “their”

I also continue not to dispossess any from before them of the nations which Joshua hath left when he dieth,

מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם (הֶ֑ם) Hem “them”

in order to try Israel by them, whether they are keeping the way of Jehovah, to go in it, as their fathers kept `it' or not.'

אֲבוֹתָ֖ם (ם) m “their”

and they are to prove Israel by them, to know whether they obey the commands of Jehovah that He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

אֲבוֹתָ֖ם (ם) m “their”

and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods;

בְּנוֹתֵיהֶ֤ם (הֶ֤ם) Hem “their”בְּנוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “their”לִבְנֵיהֶ֑ם (הֶ֑ם) Hem “their”אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “their”

and the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and forget Jehovah their God, and serve the Baalim and the shrines.

אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם (הֶ֑ם) Hem “their”

And they stay till confounded, and lo, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and lo, their lord is fallen to the earth -- dead.

אֲדֹ֣נֵיהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “their”

And it cometh to pass, in his coming in, that he bloweth with a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim, and go down with him do the sons of Israel from the hill-country, and he before them;

לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “them”