2 Kings 20:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, the days come, that all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּה֮ יָמִ֣ים בָּאִים֒ וְנִשָּׂ֣א ׀ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּבֵיתֶ֗ךָ וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר אָצְר֧וּ אֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ עַד־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה בָּבֶ֑לָה לֹֽא־יִוָּתֵ֥ר דָּבָ֖ר אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

hinnēh yāmîm bāʾîm wə-niśśāʾ all-which in-bêteḵā wa-which ʾāṣərû ʾăbōteḵā until-the-yôm the-zeh Bābelâ; not-yiwwātēr dābār, ʾāmar YHWH.

Grammar Details

*hinnēh*: interjection - behold
*yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days
*bāʾîm*: qal participle masculine plural - coming
*wə*-: conjunction - and
*niśśāʾ*: niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - will be carried away
*bêteḵā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your house
*wa*-: conjunction - and
*ʾāṣərû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they have stored up
*ʾăbōteḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your fathers
*yôm*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the day
*zeh*: masculine singular demonstrative - this
*Bābelâ*: proper name with directional he - to Babylon
*yiwwātēr*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be left
*dābār*: masculine singular noun - thing/word
*ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - says
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD

Word Meanings

*niśśāʾ*: will be carried away/will be taken
*ʾāṣərû*: have stored up/have treasured/have laid up
*yiwwātēr*: will be left/will remain

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 24:13 : 13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold, which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had said.
2 Chr 36:10 : 10 And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Jehovah, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Jer 27:21-22 : 21 yea, thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem: 22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, saith Jehovah; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
Jer 52:17-19 : 17 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. 18 The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 19 And the cups, and the firepans, and the basins, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the bowls—that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver,—the captain of the guard took away.
2 Kgs 25:13-15 : 13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. 14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 15 And the firepans, and the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
2 Chr 36:18 : 18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.
Lev 26:19 : 19 And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass;

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