Study it in the app“where 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;”
whereאֲשֶׁרZedekiahצִדְקִיָּהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judahיְהוּדָהhad shut him up,כְּלָאוֹsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whyמַדּוּעַdo youאַתָּהprophesy,נִבָּאsaying,לֵאמֹר‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהLook, I amהִנְנִיgivingנֹתֵןthis cityאֶת הָעִיר הַזֹּאתinto the handבְּיַדof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלand he will capture it;וּלְכָדָהּ
Zedekiah
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” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” 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” appearshold back, restrain
Hold back, restrain, withhold; keep someone from doing something, prevent.
Where else “kela” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearswhy?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearsprophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “niba” 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” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “noten” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “lechada” 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).
2Now 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,
3 · This verse (above)
4and Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and his mouth will speak with his mouth, and his eyes will see his eyes;
