Study it in the app“But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he escape, the one who does these things? Can he break a covenant and escape?”
But he rebelledוַיִּמְרָדagainst himבּוֹby sendingלִשְׁלֹחַhis messengersמַלְאָכָיוto Egypt,מִצְרַיִםthat they might giveלָתֶתhimלוֹhorsesסוּסִיםand manyוְ רָבpeople.עַםWill he prosper?הֲיִצְלָחWill he escape,הֲיִמָּלֵטthe one who doesהָעֹשֵׂהthese things?אֵלֶּהCan he breakוְהֵפֵרa covenantבְּרִיתand escape?וְנִמְלָט
rebel
Rebel: refuse to obey the one in authority.
Where else “yimrad” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “sheloach” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachay” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appearshorse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rav” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsprosper
To go well, thrive.
Where else “yitslach” appearsescape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “yimalet” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appearsannul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “hefer” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
14that it might be a lowly kingdom, not lifting itself up, that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
15 · This verse (above)
16As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, surely in the place of the king who made him king, whose imprecation he despised and whose covenant he broke, with him in the midst of Babylon he will die.
