Study it in the app“And these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the exile, and to the priests and to the prophets and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon,”
And these areוְאֵלֶּהthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof the letterהַסֵּפֶרthatאֲשֶׁרJeremiahיִרְמְיָהthe prophetהַנָּבִיאsentשָׁלַחfrom Jerusalemמִירוּשָׁלִָםto the restאֶל יֶתֶרof the eldersזִקְנֵיof the exile,הַגּוֹלָהand to the priestsוְאֶל הַכֹּהֲנִיםand to the prophetsוְאֶל הַנְּבִיאִיםand to allוְאֶל כָּלthe peopleהָעָםwhomאֲשֶׁרNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּרhad carried into exileהֶגְלָהfrom Jerusalemמִירוּשָׁלִַםto Babylon,בָּבֶלָה
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearsletter
A writing sent to someone with a message or an order, like a king's letter.
Where else “sefer” 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” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearsrest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yeter” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearsexile, exiles
Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).
Where else “gola” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” 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” appearsgo into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “hegla” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavela” appears1Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
2Babylon
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).
1 · This verse (above)
2after Jeconiah the king had gone out, and the lady, and the court officials, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen and the smiths, from Jerusalem,
