οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος ποίησον δεσμοὺς καὶ κλοιοὺς καὶ περίθου περὶ τὸν τράχηλόν σου
Thus said the Lord: Make for yourself bonds and yokes, and put them around your neck.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
καὶ ἀποστελεῖς αὐτοὺς πρὸς βασιλέα Ιδουμαίας καὶ πρὸς βασιλέα Μωαβ καὶ πρὸς βασιλέα υἱῶν Αμμων καὶ πρὸς βασιλέα Τύρου καὶ πρὸς βασιλέα Σιδῶνος ἐν χερσὶν ἀγγέλων αὐτῶν τῶν ἐρχομένων εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτῶν εἰς Ιερουσαλημ πρὸς Σεδεκιαν βασιλέα Ιουδα
And you shall send them to the king of Edom and to the king of Moab and to the king of the sons of Ammon and to the king of Tyre and to the king of Sidon by the hands of their messengers who are coming to meet them in Jerusalem before Zedekiah king of Judah.
Word-by-word analysis· 38 words
καὶ συντάξεις αὐτοῖς πρὸς τοὺς κυρίους αὐτῶν εἰπεῖν οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος ὁ θεὸς Ισραηλ οὕτως ἐρεῖτε πρὸς τοὺς κυρίους ὑμῶν
And you shall give them instructions for their masters, saying, Thus said the Lord, the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to your masters,
Word-by-word analysis· 20 words
ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐποίησα τὴν γῆν ἐν τῇ ἰσχύι μου τῇ μεγάλῃ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἐπιχείρῳ μου τῷ ὑψηλῷ καὶ δώσω αὐτὴν ᾧ ἐὰν δόξῃ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς μου
I made the earth by my great strength and by my uplifted arm, and I will give it to whomever it seems good in my eyes.
Word-by-word analysis· 27 words
ἔδωκα τὴν γῆν τῷ Ναβουχοδονοσορ βασιλεῖ Βαβυλῶνος δουλεύειν αὐτῷ καὶ τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ ἐργάζεσθαι αὐτῷ
I have given the land to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, for them to serve him, and I have even given him the beasts of the field to work for him.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
καὶ τὸ ἔθνος καὶ ἡ βασιλεία ὅσοι ἐὰν μὴ ἐμβάλωσιν τὸν τράχηλον αὐτῶν ὑπὸ τὸν ζυγὸν βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος ἐν μαχαίρᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ ἐπισκέψομαι αὐτούς εἶπεν κύριος ἕως ἐκλίπωσιν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ
And the nation and the kingdom, any that do not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish them with sword and with famine, says the Lord, until they are consumed by his hand.
Word-by-word analysis· 32 words
καὶ ὑμεῖς μὴ ἀκούετε τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν μαντευομένων ὑμῖν καὶ τῶν ἐνυπνιαζομένων ὑμῖν καὶ τῶν οἰωνισμάτων ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν φαρμακῶν ὑμῶν τῶν λεγόντων οὐ μὴ ἐργάσησθε τῷ βασιλεῖ Βαβυλῶνος
And as for you, do not listen to your false prophets and to those who divine for you and to those who dream for you and to your omens and to your sorcerers, those who say, You shall certainly not serve the king of Babylon.
Word-by-word analysis· 31 words
ὅτι ψευδῆ αὐτοὶ προφητεύουσιν ὑμῖν πρὸς τὸ μακρῦναι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ὑμῶν
For they are prophesying lies to you, so as to remove you far from your land.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
καὶ τὸ ἔθνος ὃ ἐὰν εἰσαγάγῃ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τὸν ζυγὸν βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος καὶ ἐργάσηται αὐτῷ καὶ καταλείψω αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐργᾶται αὐτῷ καὶ ἐνοικήσει ἐν αὐτῇ
But the nation that brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will leave it upon its own land, and it shall work it and dwell in it.
Word-by-word analysis· 31 words
καὶ πρὸς Σεδεκιαν βασιλέα Ιουδα ἐλάλησα κατὰ πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους λέγων εἰσαγάγετε τὸν τράχηλον ὑμῶν
And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke according to all these words, saying, Bring your neck under the yoke.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
καὶ ἐργάσασθε τῷ βασιλεῖ Βαβυλῶνος ὅτι ἄδικα αὐτοὶ προφητεύουσιν ὑμῖν
And serve the king of Babylon, for they are prophesying unjustly to you.
Word-by-word analysis· 10 words
ὅτι οὐκ ἀπέστειλα αὐτούς φησὶν κύριος καὶ προφητεύουσιν τῷ ὀνόματί μου ἐπ' ἀδίκῳ πρὸς τὸ ἀπολέσαι ὑμᾶς καὶ ἀπολεῖσθε ὑμεῖς καὶ οἱ προφῆται ὑμῶν οἱ προφητεύοντες ὑμῖν ἐπ' ἀδίκῳ ψευδῆ
For I did not send them, says the Lord, yet they prophesy in my name falsely, so that I may destroy you and that you may perish, you and the prophets who prophesy falsely to you.
Word-by-word analysis· 30 words
ὑμῖν καὶ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἐλάλησα λέγων οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος μὴ ἀκούετε τῶν λόγων τῶν προφητῶν τῶν προφητευόντων ὑμῖν λεγόντων ἰδοὺ σκεύη οἴκου κυρίου ἐπιστρέψει ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος ὅτι ἄδικα αὐτοὶ προφητεύουσιν ὑμῖν οὐκ ἀπέστειλα αὐτούς
And to you and to all this people and to the priests I spoke, saying, Thus said the Lord: Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the house of the Lord will return from Babylon, because they are prophesying unjustly to you; I did not send them.
Word-by-word analysis· 39 words
εἰ προφῆταί εἰσιν καὶ εἰ ἔστιν λόγος κυρίου ἐν αὐτοῖς ἀπαντησάτωσάν μοι
If they are prophets and if the word of the Lord is in them, let them make intercession before me.
Word-by-word analysis· 12 words
ὅτι οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος καὶ τῶν ἐπιλοίπων σκευῶν
For thus said the Lord concerning the remaining vessels,
Word-by-word analysis· 8 words
ὧν οὐκ ἔλαβεν βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ὅτε ἀπῴκισεν τὸν Ιεχονιαν ἐξ Ιερουσαλημ
which the king of Babylon did not take when he deported Jeconiah from Jerusalem,
Word-by-word analysis· 11 words
εἰς Βαβυλῶνα εἰσελεύσεται λέγει κύριος
they shall go into Babylon, says the Lord.