Study it in the app“I set a snare for you, and indeed you were caught, Babylon, and you did not know it; you were found and indeed seized, because you engaged in strife against YHWH.”
I set a snareיָקֹשְׁתִּיfor you,לָךְand indeedוְגַםyou were caught,נִלְכַּדְתְּBabylon,בָּבֶלand youוְאַתְּdid notלֹאknow it;יָדָעַתְּyou were foundנִמְצֵאתand indeedוְגַםseized,נִתְפַּשְׂתְּbecauseכִּיyou engaged in strifeהִתְגָּרִיתagainst YHWH.בַיהוָה
be snared
Be snared: be caught like an animal in a snare; also to lay a snare.
Where else “yakoshti” appearsbe snared
To be snared.
Where else “nilkadt” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadaat” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtset” appearsseize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “nitpast” appearswage war
To make war on someone.
Where else “hitgarit” 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 “yhva” 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).
23How it is cut down and broken, the hammer of all the earth! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
24 · This verse (above)
25YHWH has opened his armory and brought out the weapons of his indignation; for this is a work for Adonai YHWH Tsevaot in the land of the Chaldeans.
