Study it in the app“Then King Zedekiah sent and took him, and the king asked him in his house in secret and said, “Is there a word from YHWH?” And Jeremiah said, “There is.” And he said, “Into the hand of the king of Babylon you will be given.””
Then Kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְZedekiahצִדְקִיָּהוּsentיִּשְׁלַחand took him,וַיִּקָּחֵהוּand the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְasked himיִּשְׁאָלֵהוּin his houseבְּבֵיתוֹin secretבַּסֵּתֶרand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Is thereהֲיֵשׁa wordדָּבָרfromמֵאֵתYHWH?”יְהוָהAnd Jeremiahוַ יִרְמְיָהוּsaid,יֹּאמֶר“There is.”יֵשׁAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Into the handבְּיַדof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלyou will be given.”תִּנָּתֵן
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” 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” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikache” appearsask
To ask a question.
Where else “yishale” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appearssecret
What is kept hidden, out of the sight of others.
Where else “seter” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” 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” 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” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “tinaten” 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).
16For Jeremiah had come into the house of the cistern and into the vaults, and Jeremiah stayed there many days.
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18And Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “What sin have I committed against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in the prison?
