עַל־כֵּ֗ן אָלָה֙ אָ֣כְלָה אֶ֔רֶץ וַֽיֶּאְשְׁמ֖וּ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָ֑הּ עַל־כֵּ֗ן חָרוּ֙ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי אֶ֔רֶץ וְנִשְׁאַ֥ר אֱנ֖וֹשׁ מִזְעָֽר׃
Oleh karena itu, sumpah telah melahap bumi, dan penduduknya menjadi binasa. Oleh karena itu, penduduk bumi hangus terbakar, dan hanya sedikit sekali manusia yang tersisa.
Rashi
Therefore, an oath For the sin of vain oaths. ([Manuscripts read:] Because of the sin of false oaths.)
Ibn Ezra
באלה ═ אלה By a curse;12From this remark it may be concluded that I. E. read אבלה mourneth instead of אכלה. comp. בששת ═ ששת, in sin (Ex. 20:11); according to others, the preposition תחת, for, is to be supplied; comp. פ׳ שפ׳ ונ׳ תחת ═ ונשלמה פרים שפתינו. And let us bring our lips (that is, the words of our lips, our prayer) instead of bulls (Hos. 14:2).13A. V., So will we render the calves of our lips.
Rashi
were dried up (חָרוּ) an expression of dryness and thirst through the heat of dryness. Comp. (Jer. 6: 29) “The bellows are dried (נִחַר).”