Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Oppressed are the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah together; and all who took them captive have held them fast; they have refused to let them go.”
ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתOppressed areעֲשׁוּקִיםthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand the sonsוּבְנֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהtogether;יַחְדָּוand allוְכָלwho took them captiveשֹׁבֵיהֶםhave held them fast;הֶחֱזִיקוּ בָםthey have refusedמֵאֲנוּto let them go.שַׁלְּחָם
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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsoppress, defraud
Oppress, defraud: take advantage of someone by taking what is his; crush.
Where else “ashukim” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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” 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” appearstogether
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appearstake captive
Take captive, carry off as prisoners in war.
Where else “shove” appearsseize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “hecheziku” appearsrefuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meanu” appearslet go
To set free, release.
Where else “shalach” appears32And Insolence will stumble and fall, and there will be no one to raise it up; and I will kindle fire in its cities, and it will consume all that is around it.
33 · This verse (above)
34Their Redeemer is strong; YHWH Tsevaot is his name; he will surely plead their cause, so that he may give rest to the earth and make tremble the inhabitants of Babylon.
