Study it in the app“Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the house of the king of Judah,”
Now at that timeוְאָזthe armyחֵילof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלwas besiegingצָרִיםJerusalem,עַל יְרוּשָׁלִָםand Jeremiahוְיִרְמְיָהוּthe prophetהַנָּבִיאwasהָיָהshut upכָלוּאin the courtבַּחֲצַרof the guard,הַמַּטָּרָהwhich was inאֲשֶׁרthe houseבֵּיתof the kingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָה
army
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chel” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsbesiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “tsarim” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” 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 “yirmyahu” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearshold back, restrain
Hold back, restrain, withhold; keep someone from doing something, prevent.
Where else “chalu” appearscourt
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatsar” appearsguard
The court of the guard, an enclosure of the palace where someone was kept prisoner.
Where else “matara” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” 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” appears1Babylon
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).
2Jerusalem
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).
1The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, that was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
2 · This verse (above)
3where Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH: Look, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it;
