Study it in the app““Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the exiles of Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans, for good.”
“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלLike theseכַּ הָאֵלֶּהgoodהַטֹּבוֹתfigs,תְּאֵנִיםsoכֵּןwill I regardאַכִּירthe exilesאֶת גָּלוּתof Judah,יְהוּדָהwhomאֲשֶׁרI have sent awayשִׁלַּחְתִּיfrom this placeמִן הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּהto the landאֶרֶץof the Chaldeans,כַּשְׂדִּיםfor good.לְטוֹבָה
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” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovot” appearsfig
The fruit of the fig tree, eaten fresh or pressed into cakes.
Where else “teenim” appearsrecognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “akir” appearsexiles
The group of those carried off far from their land.
Where else “galut” 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” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilachti” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsChaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appears4And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
5 · This verse (above)
6And I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land; and I will build them and not tear them down; and I will plant them and not uproot them.
