Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel, concerning Ahab son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you falsehood in my name: Look, I am giving them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will strike them down before your eyes.”
ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלconcerning Ahabאֶל אַחְאָבsonבֶּןof Kolaiahקוֹלָיָהand concerning Zedekiahוְאֶל צִדְקִיָּהוּsonבֶןof Maaseiah,מַעֲשֵׂיָהwho are prophesyingהַנִּבְּאִיםto youלָכֶםfalsehoodשָׁקֶרin my name:בִּשְׁמִיLook, I amהִנְנִיgivingנֹתֵןthemאֹתָםinto the handבְּיַדof Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלand he will strike them downוְהִכָּםbefore your eyes.לְעֵינֵיכֶם
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” appearsAhab
Ahab: a name meaning "father's brother." It is the king of Israel, son of Omri, who married Jezebel and served Baal (1 Kings 16:29–22:40); a false prophet in Babylon also bears the name (Jeremiah 29:21).
Where else “achav” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsKolaiah
Kolaiah: the name of two Israelites: an ancestor of Sallu, of the tribe of Benjamin, and the father of a false prophet (Jeremiah 29:21).
Where else “kolaya” appearsZedekiah
Zedekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is righteousness." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Chenaanah, who announced a false victory to Ahab (1 Kings 22), and the last king of Judah (2 Kings 24:17).
Where else “tsidkiyahu” appearsMaaseiah
Maaseiah: name of many Israelites. It means "work of YHWH."
Where else “maaseya” appearsprophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “nibim” appearslie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “shaker” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “noten” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” 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 “nevuchadretsar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hika” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” 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).
20But you, hear the word of YHWH, all the exiles whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
21 · This verse (above)
22And from them a curse will be taken up by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘May YHWH make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,’
