Study it in the app“Why 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?”
Whyלָמָּהwill you die,תָמוּתוּyouאַתָּהand your people,וְעַמֶּךָby the sword,בַּחֶרֶבby the famine,בָּרָעָבand by the pestilence,וּבַדָּבֶרasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas spokenדִּבֶּרconcerning the nationאֶל הַגּוֹיthatאֲשֶׁרwill notלֹאserveיַעֲבֹדthe kingאֶת מֶלֶךְof Babylon?בָּבֶל
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamutu” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ame” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearsplague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “daver” 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” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsnation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appearsserve
To serve a person.
Where else “yaavod” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” 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).
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14And do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying falsehood to you.
