An exhortation to repentance
2:1 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O nationהַגּוֹי
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Singular Absolute (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; consequently, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people For more info click here without desire;
2:2 Before the decree is born, the day will become like chaff, before the burning anger of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here comes on you, before the day of YAHWEH’s יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here anger comes on you.
2:3 Seek YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here, Y’all humble of the earth who do His justiceמִשְׁפָּטוֹ
Transliteration: mišpāṭô – properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant’s) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant’s right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style:— adversary, ceremony, charge custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence. For more info click here; seek righteousnessצֶדֶק
Transliteration:ṣeḏeq Pronunciation:tseh’-dek the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity:—× even, (× that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness). For more info click here, seek humility: Maybe ya’ll will be hidden on the day of YAHWEH’s יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here anger.
Judgements on various nations
2:4 Because Gaza will be deserted, and Ashkelon become a wasteland: They will drive out Ashdod’s residents at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
2:5 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nationגּוֹי
Transliteration: gôy Pronunciation: go’-ee – masculine noun, proper masculine noun (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people. For more info click here of the Cherethites! the word of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here is against you; O Canaanכְּנַעַן
Transliteration:kᵊnaʿan – Pronunciation:ken-ah’-an Canaan = “lowland” Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him:—Canaan, merchant, traffic, trafficker – For more info click here, the land of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּים
Transliteration: pᵊlištî; Koine Greek (LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Phulistieím) Philistine = “immigrants” were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age. – For more info click here, I will destroy you so that [there] won’t be any inhabitant.
2:6 And the seacoast will be reduced to pastures and meadows for shepherds, and for sheepfolds.
2:7 And the coast will be a portion for the remainder of the House of Judahיְהוּדָה
Modern: Yəhūda, Tiberian: Yŭhūḏā), literally “thanksgiving” or “praise,” is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), “to thank” or “to praise. The fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah. Also referring to the tribe of Judah or The Kingdom of Judah later referred to as Judea – For more info click here; on which they* The Jewish people, portrayed here as sheep of a flock (Radak). – From the Artscroll English Tanach will graze: In the houses of Ashkelon will they lie down in the evening: because YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here their Elohim אֱלֹהֵיהֶם
Transliteration: ‘ĕlōhêhem – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word is Elohim for more info on the word click here will visit them, and return their captivity.
2:8 I have heard the insults of Moabמוֹאָב
Transliteration:mô’āḇ Pronunciation:mo-awb Moab = “of his father” Son of Lot and his oldest daughter click here also the land of Moab’s descendants, and the curses of the sons of Ammonעַמּוֹן
Transliteration: ʿammôn Pronunciation: am-mone’ Ammon = “tribal” From Ben-ammi son of Lot and his youngest daughter click here Referring to the Ammonites (or sons of Ammon) the people living in Transjordan, [with] which they have cursed My people, and expanded [their territory] along their border.
2:9 So as I live, says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here of hostsצְבָאוֹת
Transliteration:ṣāḇā’ Pronunciation: tsaw-baw’ From the Hebrew root word translated “hosts” is tzva’ which is a term that describes “military units.” They have specific functions to carry out in a military campaign. The two places these military units are located is in the sky and on the earth. Continue reading at: click here, the Elohimאֱלֹהָי
Pronounced:’ĕlōhê In Hebrew grammatical construct is a way of connecting noun-noun pairs. In english, we use “of”, but in Hebrew there are quite a few ways of doing this. של is usually used in place of “of” in Hebrew, but in this case, we modify the first word, with the suffix “ey” (which is what we do for plural words, which God’s name is in Torah), i.e. God of Abraham becomes Elohei Avraham. also can be of his, my or their – See Elohim for more info click here of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here, Surely Moabמוֹאָב
Transliteration:mô’āḇ Pronunciation:mo-awb Moab = “of his father” Son of Lot and his oldest daughter click here will be like Sodomכִּסְדֹם
Transliteration: kisḏōm – used in the Bible 39 times Sodom was an ancient city-state described in the Book of Genesis as part of the “Cities of the Plain” in the Jordan Valley, geographically situated in the fertile lowland (kikkar) east of the Jordan River and near the Dead Sea, which met its end through catastrophic destruction by fire and brimstone sent from God as punishment for the unparalleled wickedness of its population. – For more info click here, and the sons of Ammonעַמּוֹן
Transliteration:ʿammôn Pronunciation:am-mone’ Ammon = “tribal” From Ben-ammi son of Lot and his youngest daughter click here Referring to the Ammonites (or sons of Ammon) the people living in Transjordan like Gomorrahכַּעֲמֹרָה
Transliteration: kaʿămōrâ used in the Bible 19 times the name stems from the root ʿ-m-r, associated with binding sheaves into a heap or gripping tightly, possibly implying a “ruined heap” or bundled structure. – For more info click here, a rustling thornbush, a salt mine, and a forever a wasteland: the remainder of My people will loot them, and the rest of My nationגּוֹיִי
Transliteration: gôyî – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Singular Construct (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people. For more info click here will inherit them.
2:10 They will have in place of their pride, because they have cursed and boasted over the people of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here of hostsצְבָאוֹת
Transliteration:ṣāḇā’ Pronunciation: tsaw-baw’ From the Hebrew root word translated “hosts” is tzva’ which is a term that describes “military units.” They have specific functions to carry out in a military campaign. The two places these military units are located is in the sky and on the earth. Continue reading at: click here.
2:11 YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here [will be] frightening to them: because He will make all the godsאֱלֹהָי
Pronounced:’ĕlōhê In Hebrew grammatical construct is a way of connecting noun-noun pairs. In english, we use “of”, but in Hebrew there are quite a few ways of doing this. של is usually used in place of “of” in Hebrew, but in this case, we modify the first word, with the suffix “ey” (which is what we do for plural words, which God’s name is in Torah), i.e. God of Abraham becomes Elohei Avraham. also can be of his, my or their – See Elohim for more info click here of the earth Elohimאֱלֹהָי
Pronounced:’ĕlōhê In Hebrew grammatical construct is a way of connecting noun-noun pairs. In english, we use “of”, but in Hebrew there are quite a few ways of doing this. של is usually used in place of “of” in Hebrew, but in this case, we modify the first word, with the suffix “ey” (which is what we do for plural words, which God’s name is in Torah), i.e. God of Abraham becomes Elohei Avraham. also can be of his, my or their – See Elohim for more info click here; and men will prostrate themselves to Him, each man from his place, all the islands* A metaphor for far-flung places. – From the Artscroll English Tanach of the nationsהַגּוֹיִם
Transliteration: hagôyim – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—the Gentiles, the heathen, the nations, the people. For more info click here.
2:12 Ya’ll too, O Ethiopiansכּוּשִׁים
Transliteration: kûšîm Meaning their blackness -a Cushite, or descendant of Cush:—Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s). – For more info click here, ya’ll are killed by My sword.
2:13 And He will stretch out His hand towards the north, and He will destroy Assyriaאַשּׁוּר
Transliteration:aššûr Pronunciation:ash-shoor’, Asshur or Assyria = “a step” Assyria was an ancient kingdom and empire in northern Mesopotamia, originating as a city-state at Ashur on the Tigris River and developing into a dominant Near Eastern power through military expansion and administrative innovation over three millennia Its early phases included the Old Assyrian period (c. 2025–1750 BC) For more info click here; and will make Nineveh a wasteland, and dry like the desert.
2:14 And herds will lie down in the middle of it, all the animals of the nationגּוֹי
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Singular Absolute (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; consequently, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people For more info click here: both the owls and the hedgehog will lodge in the capitals of its pillars; [their] voice will sing out in the window; desolation will be in its door way; because He will remove the cedar work.
2:15 This is the triumphant city that lived in security, that said in its heart, Only I, and there is no [other]: How did it become a desolation, a resting place for animals! Everyone that passes by it will whistle, and wave his hand.* Ninevah “and wave his hand” in gestures of amazement. – From the Artscroll English Tanach
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