Study it in the app““Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and say to him: Thus says YHWH: Look, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.”
“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלGoהָלֹךְand speakוְאָמַרְתָּto Zedekiahאֶל צִדְקִיָּהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto him:אֵלָיוThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהLook, I amהִנְנִיgivingנֹתֵןthis cityאֶת הָעִיר הַזֹּאתinto the handבְּיַדof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלand he will burn itוּשְׂרָפָהּwith fire.בָּאֵשׁ
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” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” 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” 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” 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” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “serafa” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” 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).
1The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth under the dominion of his hand and all the peoples were fighting against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying:
2 · This verse (above)
3And you will not escape from his hand, but you will surely be seized and into his hand you will be given; and your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth will speak with your mouth, and to Babylon you will go.
