Study it in the app“For I have set my face against this city for evil and not for good, declares YHWH; into the hand of the king of Babylon it will be given, and he will burn it with fire.’”
ForכִּיI have setשַׂמְתִּיmy faceפָנַיagainst this cityבָּעִיר הַזֹּאתfor evilלְרָעָהand notוְלֹאfor good,לְטוֹבָהdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH;יְהוָהinto the handבְּיַדof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלit will be given,תִּנָּתֵןand he will burn itוּשְׂרָפָהּwith fire.’בָּאֵשׁ
take to heart
"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.
Where else “samti” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fana” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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” 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” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “tinaten” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “serafa” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” 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).
9He who stays in this city will die by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence; but he who goes out and falls away to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his life as plunder.
10 · This verse (above)
11And to the house of the king of Judah: ‘Hear the word of YHWH,
