Study it in the app“Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah actually put him to death? Did he not fear YHWH and entreat the face of YHWH, and YHWH relented concerning the evil that he had spoken against them? But we are doing great evil against our own souls.””
DidהֶHezekiahחִזְקִיָּהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judahיְהוּדָהand allוְכָלJudahיְהוּדָהactuallyהָמֵתput him to death?הֱמִתֻהוּDid he notהֲלֹאfearיָרֵאYHWHאֶת יְהוָהand entreatוַיְחַלthe faceאֶת פְּנֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהand YHWHיְהוָהrelentedוַיִּנָּחֶםconcerning the evilאֶל הָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe had spokenדִּבֶּרagainst them?עֲלֵיהֶםBut weוַאֲנַחְנוּare doingעֹשִׂיםgreatגְדוֹלָהevilרָעָהagainst our own souls.”עַל נַפְשׁוֹתֵינוּ
Hezekiah
Hezekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is my strength" or "YHWH strengthens." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:20; 18-20; Isaiah 36-39); other men also bear it (Zephaniah 1:1; Nehemiah 7:21).
Where else “chizkiyahu” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” 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” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “hamet” appearsGod-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yare” 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” appearsentreat
Literally "soften the face": to plead for someone's favor.
Where else “yechal” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appearsrelent
God gives up the evil he announced and leaves it unfulfilled.
Where else “yinachem” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “osim” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshote” appears18“Micah the Morashtite was prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he said to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Zion will be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of ruins, and the mountain of the house high places of a forest.’
19 · This verse (above)
20And there was also a man prophesying in the name of YHWH, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
