Study it in the app““Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Say, ‘Look, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took its king and its princes, and brought them to himself in Babylon.”
“Sayאֱמָרnowנָאto the rebelliousהַמֶּרִיhouse,לְבֵית‘Do you notהֲלֹאknowיְדַעְתֶּםwhatמָהthese things mean?’אֵלֶּהSay,אֱמֹר‘Look,הִנֵּהthe kingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלcameבָאto Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםand tookוַיִּקַּחits kingאֶת מַלְכָּהּand its princes,וְאֶת שָׂרֶיהָand broughtוַיָּבֵאthemאוֹתָםto himselfאֵלָיוin Babylon.בָּבֶלָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emar” appearsrebellion
Rebellion. "Sons of rebellion" are rebels.
Where else “meri” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedatem” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears2 Kings 24:10-16 tells that the king of Babylon took King Jehoiachin and his princes to Babylon (597 BC).
1Babylon
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).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
11And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
12 · This verse (above)
13And he took one of the royal offspring and made a covenant with him, and brought him into an imprecation; and the mighty of the land he took away,
