Jeremiah 34:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הָלֹךְ֙ וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ אֶל־צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֨י נֹתֵ֜ן אֶת־הָעִ֤יר הַזֹּאת֙ בְּיַ֣ד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל וּשְׂרָפָ֖הּ בָּאֵֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

Thus ʾāmar yhwh ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl, hālōk and ʾāmartā to ṣidqiyyāhû melek yəhûdāh, and ʾāmartā to him, thus ʾāmar yhwh, behold I nōtēn ʾet-the ʿîr the zōʾt into yad melek-bābel and he will śərāpāh with the ʾēš

Grammar Details

*ʾāmar*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said
*yhwh*: proper noun, divine name - YHWH/LORD
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine, plural construct - God of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*hālōk*: verb, qal infinitive absolute - going/go
*ʾāmartā*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you said/will say
*ṣidqiyyāhû*: proper noun, masculine - Zedekiah
*melek*: noun, masculine, construct - king of
*yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*nōtēn*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - giving
*ʿîr*: noun, feminine, singular, definite - the city
*zōʾt*: demonstrative adjective, feminine singular - this
*yad*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - hand of
*bābel*: proper noun - Babylon
*śərāpāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - he will burn it
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine, singular, definite - the fire

Word Meanings

*ʾāmar*: said/spoke/declared
*ʾĕlōhê*: God of/deity of
*hālōk*: go/walk/proceed
*nōtēn*: giving/placing/putting
*śərāpāh*: burn/consume by fire

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Referenced Verses

Jer 21:10 : 10 For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Jer 34:22 : 22 Behold, I will command, saith Jehovah, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
2 Chr 36:11-12 : 11 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: 12 and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of Jehovah.
Jer 22:1-2 : 1 Thus said Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, 2 And say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.
Jer 32:3 : 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
Jer 37:8-9 : 8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire. 9 Thus saith Jehovah, Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart. 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
Jer 38:23 : 23 And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
Jer 39:8 : 8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
Jer 32:28-29 : 28 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 29 and the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.
Jer 21:4 : 4 Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans that besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
Jer 37:1-4 : 1 And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. 2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of Jehovah, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto Jehovah our God for us. 4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.

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