2 Kings 3:16
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Thus saith the Lord: Make the channel of this torrent full of ditches.

Make this valley

2 Kings 4:3 And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels, not a few.

Numbers 2:18,16-18 On the west side shall be the camp of the sons of Ephraim, whose prince was Elisama the son of Ammiud. . . .

Context
Joram Overcomes Moab's Rebellion
15But now bring me hither a minstrel. And when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him, and he said: 16Thus saith the Lord: Make the channel of this torrent full of ditches.17For thus saith the Lord: You shall not see wind, nor rain: and yet this channel shall be filled with waters, and you shall drink, you and your families, and your beasts.…
Cross References
2 Kings 3:15
But now bring me hither a minstrel. And when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him, and he said:

2 Kings 3:17
For thus saith the Lord: You shall not see wind, nor rain: and yet this channel shall be filled with waters, and you shall drink, you and your families, and your beasts.

Lexicon
and he said,
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“This is what
כֹּ֖ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the LORD
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

says:
אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘Dig
עָשֹׂ֛ה (‘ā·śōh)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

this
הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

valley
הַנַּ֥חַל (han·na·ḥal)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

full of ditches.’
גֵּבִֽים׃ (gê·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1356: A log, well, cistern


Additional Translations
and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’And he said, Thus said the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.

And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of trenches.

And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of trenches.

And he said, Thus saith Jehovah: Make this valley full of ditches.

And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of trenches.

And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.

He said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Make this valley full of trenches.'

and he saith, 'Thus said Jehovah, Make this valley ditches -- ditches;
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