Wherefore as I live
chay (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
saith
n'um (neh-oom')
an oracle -- (hath) said, saith.
the Lord
'Adonay (ad-o-noy')
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) -- (my) Lord.
GOD
Yhovih (yeh-ho-vee')
God.
Surely because thou hast defiled
tame' (taw-may')
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated) -- defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, utterly.
my sanctuary
miqdash (mik-dawsh')
a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum -- chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.
with all thy detestable things
shiqquwts (shik-koots')
disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol -- abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).
and with all thine abominations
tow`ebah (to-ay-baw')
something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol -- abominable (custom, thing), abomination.
therefore will I also diminish
gara` (gaw-rah')
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold -- abate, clip, (di-)minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.
thee neither shall mine eye
`ayin (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
spare
chuwc (khoos)
to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate -- pity, regard, spare.
neither will I have any pity
chamal (khaw-mal')
to commiserate; by implication, to spare -- have compassion, (have) pity, spare.
