Study it in the app“And 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.”
And to Zedekiahוְאֶל צִדְקִיָּהkingמֶלֶךְof JudahיְהוּדָהI spokeדִּבַּרְתִּיaccording to allכְּכָלthese words,הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּהsaying,לֵאמֹר“Bringהָבִיאוּyour necksאֶת צַוְּארֵיכֶםunder the yokeבְּעֹלof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלand serveוְעִבְדוּhimאֹתוֹand his people,וְעַמּוֹand live.וִחְיוּ
Zedekiah
Zedekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is righteousness." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Chenaanah, who announced a false victory to Ahab (1 Kings 22), and the last king of Judah (2 Kings 24:17).
Where else “tsidkiya” 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” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “haviu” appearsneck
The neck.
Where else “tsavre” appearsyoke
Yoke: the wooden piece joining two oxen; figuratively, being subject to another.
Where else “ol” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsserve
To serve a person.
Where else “ivdu” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appearslive
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “cheu” 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).
11But 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.’”
12 · This verse (above)
13Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as YHWH has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
