Study it in the app“But the nation that brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will leave it on its own ground, declares YHWH, and it will till it and dwell in it.’””
But the nationוְהַגּוֹיthatאֲשֶׁרbringsיָבִיאits neckאֶת צַוָּארוֹunder the yokeבְּעֹלof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלand serves him,וַעֲבָדוֹI will leave itוְהִנַּחְתִּיוon its own ground,עַל אַדְמָתוֹdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהand it will till itוַעֲבָדָהּand dwellוְיָשַׁבin it.’”בָּהּ
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yavi” appearsneck
The neck.
Where else “tsavar” appearsyoke
Yoke: the wooden piece joining two oxen; figuratively, being subject to another.
Where else “ol” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avad” appearsleave
To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.
Where else “hinachti” appearsland
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “admat” 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” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashav” 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).
10For they are prophesying falsehood to you, so as to remove you far from your land, and so that I will drive you out, and you will perish.
11 · This verse (above)
12And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke according to all these words, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
