Study it in the app“And now, therefore, thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, concerning this city of which you are saying, ‘It has been given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence’:”
And now,וְעַתָּהtherefore,לָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלconcerning this cityאֶל הָעִיר הַזֹּאתof whichאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםare saying,אֹמְרִים‘It has been givenנִתְּנָהinto the handבְּיַדof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלby the swordבַּחֶרֶבand by the famineוּבָרָעָבand by the pestilence’:וּבַדָּבֶר
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” 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” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “nitna” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearsplague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “daver” 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).
35And they built the high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom, to make their sons and their daughters pass through to Molech, which I did not command them, and it did not come into my heart that they should do this abomination, so as to make Judah sin.
36 · This verse (above)
37Look, I am gathering them from all the lands where I have driven them in my anger and in my fury and in great wrath; and I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them live in safety.
