Study it in the app““Inquire, please, of YHWH for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is fighting against us; perhaps YHWH will deal with us according to all his wonders, and he will withdraw from us.””
“Inquire,דְּרָשׁplease,נָאof YHWHאֶת יְהוָהfor us,בַעֲדֵנוּforכִּיNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלis fightingנִלְחָםagainst us;עָלֵינוּperhapsאוּלַיYHWHיְהוָהwill dealיַעֲשֶׂהwith usאוֹתָנוּaccording to allכְּכָלhis wonders,נִפְלְאֹתָיוand he will withdrawוְיַעֲלֶהfrom us.”מֵעָלֵינוּ
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “derash” 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” appearsNebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadretsar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilcham” appearsperhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appearswonder
What YHWH does, beyond what a person can do or understand.
Where else “niflotay” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appearsIn Jeremiah the name is almost always spelled “Nebuchadrezzar,” a form closer to the Babylonian one; here it is given as in the rest of the Bible.
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).
1The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3And Jeremiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to Zedekiah:
