Study it in the app“for thus says YHWH concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who live in this city, your brothers who did not go out with you into exile,”
forכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהconcerning the kingאֶל הַמֶּלֶךְwho sitsהַיּוֹשֵׁבon the throneאֶל כִּסֵּאof David,דָוִדand concerning allוְאֶל כָּלthe peopleהָעָםwho liveהַיּוֹשֵׁבin this city,בָּעִיר הַזֹּאתyour brothersאֲחֵיכֶםwhoאֲשֶׁרdid notלֹאgo outיָצְאוּwith youאִתְּכֶםinto exile,בַּגּוֹלָה
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” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appearsthrone
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kise” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsu” 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” appearsThe ancient Greek translation does not have 29:16-20.
15Because you have said, “YHWH has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”
16 · This verse (above)
17thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Look, I am sending against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I will make them like the repulsive figs that cannot be eaten for badness.
