Study it in the app“And 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,’”
And from themוְ מֵהֶםa curseקְלָלָהwill be taken upלֻקַּחby allלְכֹלthe exilesגָּלוּתof Judahיְהוּדָהwho areאֲשֶׁרin Babylon,בְּבָבֶלsaying,לֵאמֹר‘May YHWHיְהוָהmake youיְשִׂמְךָlike Zedekiahכְּצִדְקִיָּהוּand like Ahab,וּכְאֶחָבwhomאֲשֶׁרthe kingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלroastedקָלָםin the fire,’בָּאֵשׁ
curse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kelala” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lukach” appearsexiles
The group of those carried off far from their land.
Where else “galut” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “vavel” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” 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” appearsmake
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “yesim” 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” 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 “echav” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsroast
Cook over open fire.
Where else “kala” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsWordplay: “curse” (קְלָלָה) and “roasted” (קָלָה).
Babylon
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).
21Thus 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.
22 · This verse (above)
23because they have done an outrage in Israel, and they have committed adultery with the wives of their neighbors, and they have spoken a word in my name, falsehood, which I did not command them; and I am the one who knows, and a witness, declares YHWH.”
