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Do notאַלlistenתִּשְׁמְעוּto them;אֲלֵיהֶםserveעִבְדוּthe kingאֶת מֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלand live.וִחְיוּWhyלָמָּהshould this cityהָעִיר הַזֹּאתbecomeתִהְיֶהa ruin?חָרְבָּה
Jeremiah 27:17
Study it in the app“Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a ruin?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 27:17, word by word
- listenתִּשְׁמְעוּtishmu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “tishmu” appears- serveעִבְדוּivdu
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “ivdu” appears- the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- and liveחְיוּcheu
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “cheu” appears- should this cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- becomeתִהְיֶהtihye
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tihye” appears- a ruinחָרְבָּהcharba
ruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “charba” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
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).
The context
16And to the priests and to all this people I spoke, saying, “Thus says YHWH: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, the vessels of the house of YHWH will be brought back from Babylon now, shortly,’ for they are prophesying falsehood to you.
17 · This verse (above)
18But if they are prophets, and if the word of YHWH is with them, let them intercede, please, with YHWH Tsevaot, that the vessels that are left in the house of YHWH, and in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon.