Study it in the app“For thus says YHWH: Look, I am making you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; and they will fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes will see it; and all Judah I will give into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them into exile to Babylon, and he will strike them with the sword.”
ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהLook, Iהִנְנִיam making youנֹתֶנְךָa terrorלְמָגוֹרto yourselfלְךָand to allוּלְכָלyour friends;אֹהֲבֶיךָand they will fallוְנָפְלוּby the swordבְּחֶרֶבof their enemies,אֹיְבֵיהֶםand your eyesוְעֵינֶיךָwill see it;רֹאוֹתand allוְאֶת כָּלJudahיְהוּדָהI will giveאֶתֵּןinto the handבְּיַדof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלand he will carry them into exileוְהִגְלָםto Babylon,בָּבֶלָהand he will strike themוְהִכָּםwith the sword.בֶּחָרֶב
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
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” appearsmake
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “noten” appearsterror
Terror: fear that surrounds someone on every side.
Where else “magor” appearslover
One who loves another: the faithful friend or the lover.
Where else “ohave” appearsfall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “naflu” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “root” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsgo into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “higla” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hika” appearsBabylon
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).
3And it happened on the next day that Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks, and Jeremiah said to him, “Not ‘Pashhur’ has YHWH called your name, but ‘Terror on Every Side.’
4 · This verse (above)
5And I will give all the wealth of this city and all the fruit of its labor and all its precious things; and all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into the hand of their enemies, and they will plunder them and take them and bring them to Babylon.
