Study it in the app“‘Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: Look, I am turning back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.”
‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלLook, Iהִנְנִיam turning backמֵסֵבthe weaponsאֶת כְּלֵיof warהַמִּלְחָמָהthat areאֲשֶׁרin your hands,בְּיֶדְכֶםwith whichאֲשֶׁר בָּםyouאַתֶּםare fightingנִלְחָמִיםthe kingאֶת מֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלand the Chaldeansוְאֶת הַכַּשְׂדִּיםwho are besiegingהַצָּרִיםyouעֲלֵיכֶםoutsideמִחוּץthe wall;לַחוֹמָהand I will gatherוְאָסַפְתִּיthemאוֹתָםintoאֶלthe midstתּוֹךְof this city.הָעִיר הַזֹּאת
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsturn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “mesev” appearsweapon
What is carried to war to fight with: sword, bow, spear.
Where else “kele” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yed” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilchamim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsChaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appearsbesiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “tsarim” appearsoutside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appearsassemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “asafti” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” 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 Jeremiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to Zedekiah:
4 · This verse (above)
5And I will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, and with anger and with fury and with great wrath.
