KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the Lord: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And he shall lead” | יוֹלִ֤ךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | lead |
| “Zedekiah” | צִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ | Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites | Zedekiah |
| “to Babylon,” | וּבָבֶ֞ל | Babel (i.e., Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire | Babylon |
| “and there” | וְשָׁ֣ם | There (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence | and there |
| “shall he be” | יִֽהְיֶ֔ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | shall he be |
| “until” | עַד | As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | until |
| “I visit” | פָּקְדִ֥י | To visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc | visit |
| “him, saith” | נְאֻם | An oracle | saith |
| “the Lord:” | יְהוָ֑ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “though” | כִּ֧י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | though |
| “ye fight” | תִֽלָּחֲמ֛וּ | To feed on; by implication, to battle (as destruction) | fight |
| “with” | אֶת | Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | with |
| “the Chaldeans,” | הַכַּשְׂדִּ֖ים | A Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people | Chaldeans |
| “ye shall not” | לֹ֥א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “prosper?” | תַצְלִֽיחוּ׃ | To push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive) | prosper |
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3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the Lord: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?
6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
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