Should ye not hear the words
dabar (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
which the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
hath cried
qara' (kaw-raw')
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
by
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
the former
ri'shown (ree-shone')
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun) -- ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
prophets
nabiy' (naw-bee')
a prophet or (generally) inspired man -- prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
when Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im)
founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine -- Jerusalem.
was inhabited
yashab (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
and in prosperity
shalev (shaw-lave')
tranquil; (in a bad sense) careless; abstractly, security -- (being) at ease, peaceable, (in) prosper(-ity), quiet(-ness), wealthy.
and the cities
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
thereof round about her
cabiyb (saw-beeb')
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around -- (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
when men inhabited
yashab (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
the south
negeb (neh'-gheb)
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine) -- south (country, side, -ward).
and the plain
shphelah (shef-ay-law')
Lowland, i.e. (with the article) the maritime slope of Palestine -- low country, (low) plain, vale(-ley).