‘Look,הִנֵּהdaysיָמִיםare comingבָּאִיםwhen allוְ כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרis in your house,בְּבֵיתֶךָand whatוַאֲשֶׁרyour fathersאֲבֹתֶיךָhave stored upאָצְרוּuntilעַדthis day,הַיּוֹם הַזֶּהwill be carriedנִשָּׂאto Babylon;בָּבֶלָהnotלֹאa thingדָּבָרwill be left,יִוָּתֵרsaysאָמַרYHWH.יְהוָה
2 Kings 20:17
Study it in the app“‘Look, days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried to Babylon; not a thing will be left, says YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 20:17, word by word
- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- are comingבָּאִיםbaim
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” appears- is in your houseבֵיתֶvete
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vete” appears- your fathersאֲבֹתֶיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- have stored upאָצְרוּatsru
store up
Gather goods and keep them for later.
Where else “atsru” appears- will be carriedנִשָּׂאnisa
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nisa” appears- to Babylonבָּבֶלָbavela
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavela” appears- a thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- will be leftיִוָּתֵרyivater
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “yivater” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The envoys from Babylon
Isaiah 39:1-82 Chronicles 32:31
See them side by side
2 Kings 20:12-19
12At that time Berodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all his treasure house: the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oil, and his armory, and all that was found in his treasuries; there was not a thing that Hezekiah did not show them in his house or in all his dominion. 14Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where do they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “From a distant land they have come, from Babylon.” 15He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah said, “All that is in my house they have seen; there is not a thing that I have not shown them among my treasures.” 16Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of YHWH: 17‘Look, days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried to Babylon; not a thing will be left, says YHWH. 18And some of your sons who will come out from you, whom you will father, they will take; and they will be officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” 19Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Good is the word of YHWH that you have spoken.” And he said, “Is it not so, if there will be peace and truth in my days?”
1At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that he had been sick and had recovered. 2Hezekiah was glad because of them, and showed them his treasure house: the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oil, and all his armory, and all that was found in his treasuries; there was not a thing that Hezekiah did not show them in his house or in all his dominion. 3Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where do they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “From a distant land they have come to me, from Babylon.” 4He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah said, “All that is in my house they have seen; there is not a thing that I have not shown them among my treasures.” 5Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of YHWH Tsevaot: 6‘Look, days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried to Babylon; not a thing will be left, says YHWH. 7And some of your sons who will come out from you, whom you will father, they will take; and they will be officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” 8Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Good is the word of YHWH that you have spoken.” And he said, “For there will be peace and truth in my days.”
31And so, with the interpreters of the officials of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, Elohim left him, to test him, to know all that was in his heart.
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
16Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of YHWH:
17 · This verse (above)
18And some of your sons who will come out from you, whom you will father, they will take; and they will be officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”