Study it in the app“And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘Thus says YHWH: You have burned this scroll, saying, “Why have you written on it, saying, The king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and make human being and livestock cease from it?””
And concerning Jehoiakimוְעַל יְהוֹיָקִיםkingמֶלֶךְof Judahיְהוּדָהyou shall say,תֹּאמַר‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהYouאַתָּהhave burnedשָׂרַפְתָּthis scroll,אֶת הַמְּגִלָּה הַזֹּאתsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whyמַדּוּעַhave you writtenכָּתַבְתָּon it,עָלֶיהָsaying,לֵאמֹרThe kingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלwill certainly comeבֹּא יָבוֹאand destroyוְהִשְׁחִיתthis land,אֶת הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאתand makeוְהִשְׁבִּיתhuman beingאָדָםand livestockוּבְהֵמָהceaseהִשְׁבִּיתfrom it?”מִמֶּנָּה
Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim: a name meaning "YHWH raises up." The name Pharaoh Neco gave to Eliakim son of Josiah when he made him king of Judah (2 Kings 23:34-24:6). Not to be confused with his son Jehoiachin.
Where else “yehoyakim” 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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” 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” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “sarafta” appearsscroll
Scroll: a long strip of skin or papyrus, written and rolled up; this was the form of books.
Where else “megila” appearswhy?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “katavta” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bo” appearsdestroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “hishchit” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsput an end
To make something end, remove it.
Where else “hishbit” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbeast
Animals in general.
Where else “vehema” 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).
28“Again take for yourself another scroll, and write on it all the former words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned.
29 · This verse (above)
30Therefore thus says YHWH concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will not have one to sit on the throne of David, and his corpse will be thrown out to the heat by day and to the frost by night.
