Study it in the app“And Hananiah spoke before the eyes of all the people, saying: “Thus says YHWH: Like this I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two years' time from off the neck of all the nations.” And Jeremiah the prophet went his way.”
And Hananiahוַ חֲנַנְיָהspokeיֹּאמֶרbefore the eyesלְעֵינֵיof allכָלthe people,הָעָםsaying:לֵאמֹר“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהLike thisכָּכָהI will breakאֶשְׁבֹּרthe yokeאֶת עֹלof Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלwithinבְּעוֹדtwo years'שְׁנָתַיִםtimeיָמִיםfrom off the neckמֵעַל צַוַּארof allכָּלthe nations.”הַגּוֹיִםAnd Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהthe prophetהַנָּבִיאwentיֵּלֶךְhis way.לְדַרְכּוֹ
Hananiah
Hananiah: name of many Israelites. It means "YHWH has been gracious."
Where else “chananya” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” 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” appearsbreak
To break something to pieces.
Where else “eshbor” appearsyoke
Yoke: the wooden piece joining two oxen; figuratively, being subject to another.
Where else “ol” appearsNebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadnetsar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenatayim” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsneck
The neck.
Where else “tsavar” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearsJeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmya” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsmanner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “dark” 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).
10Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
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12And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
