Study it in the app“For thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: A yoke of iron I have put on the neck of all these nations to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him; and even the animals of the field I have given him.’””
ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלA yokeעֹלof ironבַּרְזֶלI have putנָתַתִּיon the neckעַל צַוַּארof allכָּלthese nationsהַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּהto serveלַעֲבֹדNebuchadnezzarאֶת נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלand they will serve him;וַעֲבָדֻהוּand evenוְגַםthe animalsאֶת חַיַּתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהI have given him.’”נָתַתִּי לוֹ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsyoke
Yoke: the wooden piece joining two oxen; figuratively, being subject to another.
Where else “ol” appearsiron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appearsneck
The neck.
Where else “tsavar” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearsserve
To serve a person.
Where else “avod” 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” appearsbeast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayat” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” 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).
13“Go and say to Hananiah, saying: ‘Thus says YHWH: Yokes of wood you have broken, but you will make in their place yokes of iron.
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15And Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet: “Hear, please, Hananiah! YHWH did not send you, but you have made this people trust in falsehood.
