בָּרִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בָּרִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃

   ba-ri-sho-NA

   at the first or formerly
2. clause🔊 וְלֹא־יוֹסִ֤יפוּ בְנֵי־עַוְלָה֙ לְבַלֹּת֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בָּרִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃

   ve-lo-yo-SI-fu ve-NE-a-VA-la le-va-LO-to ka-a-SHER ba-ri-sho-NA

   and they will not add or continue sons of injustice or wrongdoing to wear him or it out or to consume him or it as or according as at the first or formerly
3. sentence🔊 וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י מָ֠קוֹם לְעַמִּ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל וּנְטַעְתִּ֙יהוּ֙ וְשָׁכַ֣ן תַּחְתָּ֔יו וְלֹ֥א יִרְגַּ֖ז ע֑וֹד וְלֹא־יוֹסִ֤יפוּ בְנֵי־עַוְלָה֙ לְבַלֹּת֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בָּרִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃

   ve-sam-TI ma-KOM le-am-MI yis-ra-EL u-ne-ta-TI-hu ve-sha-KHAN takh-TAV ve-LO yir-GAZ OD ve-lo-yo-SI-fu ve-NE-a-VA-la le-va-LO-to ka-a-SHER ba-ri-sho-NA

   and I will set a place for my people Israel and I will plant him or it and he will dwell under it and not he will be disturbed or shaken again or anymore and they will not add or continue sons of injustice or wrongdoing to wear him or it out or to consume him or it as or according as at the first or formerly

Exegesis

The infinitive ləballōtô {לְבַלֹּת֔וֹ | lə-ballō-tô} ‘to afflict him’ plus the comparative kaʾašer bārîšōnāh {כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בָּרִאשׁוֹנָֽה | ka-ʾašer bā-rî-shō-nāh} ‘as at the beginning’ contrasts past oppression with promised peace, underscoring YHWH’s covenantal faithfulness.