Study it in the app“and say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Look, I am sending, and I will take Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them.”
and sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלLook, Iהִנְנִיam sending,שֹׁלֵחַand I will takeוְלָקַחְתִּיNebuchadnezzarאֶת נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלmy servant,עַבְדִּיand I will setוְשַׂמְתִּיhis throneכִסְאוֹaboveמִמַּעַלthese stonesלָאֲבָנִים הָאֵלֶּהthatאֲשֶׁרI have hidden;טָמָנְתִּיand he will spreadוְנָטָהhis canopyאֶת שַׁפְרִירוֹover them.עֲלֵיהֶם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” 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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” 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” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “sholeach” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachti” appearsNebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadretsar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsservant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samti” appearsthrone
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “chis” appearsabove
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “maal” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appearshide, bury
Hide by burying in the ground.
Where else “tamanti” appearsstretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “nata” appearscanopy
Canopy, a royal covering spread over a throne.
Where else “shafrir” 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).
9“Take in your hand large stones, and hide them in the mortar, in the brickwork that is at the entrance of the house of Pharaoh in Tahpanhes, before the eyes of Jewish men;
10 · This verse (above)
11And he will come and strike the land of Egypt: those who are for death, to death; and those for captivity, to captivity; and those for the sword, to the sword.
