God & Savior

2 Kings 21:12

this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.
2 Kings 21:12
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִי֙ מֵבִ֣יא רָעָ֔ה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וִֽיהוּדָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ כָּל־שֹׁ֣מְעָ֔הּ תִּצַּ֖לְנָה שְׁתֵּ֥י אָזְנָֽיו׃

  1. לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen“<to> therefore”
    Preposition + Adverb · from כֵּן · “so” · Strong's H3651C
  2. כֹּֽה־koh-“thus”
    Adverb · from כֹּה · “thus” · Strong's H3541
  3. אָמַ֤ר'a.Mar“he says”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  4. יְהוָה֙Yah.weh“Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  5. אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei“[the] God of”
    Noun, masculine, plural, construct · from אֱלֹהִים · “God” · Strong's H0430G
  6. יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'El“Israel”
    Noun, proper name of a place · from יִשְׂרָאֵל · “Israel” · Strong's H3478
  7. הִנְנִי֙hi.Ni“here I”
    Particle, interjection + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from הֵן · “look!” · Strong's H2005
  8. מֵבִ֣יאme.Vi'“[am] about to bring”
    Verb, hiphil, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from בּוֹא · “bring” · Strong's H0935P
  9. רָעָ֔הra.'Ah“calamity”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from רָעָה · “harm” · Strong's H7451C
  10. עַל־'al-“on”
    Preposition · from עַל · “upon” · Strong's H5921A
  11. יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.Lim“Jerusalem”
    Noun, proper name of a place · from יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם · “Jerusalem” · Strong's H3389
  12. וִֽיהוּדָ֑הvi.hu.Dah“and Judah”
    Conjunction + Noun, proper name of a place · from יְהוּדָה · “Judah” · Strong's H3063G
  13. אֲשֶׁר֙'a.Sher“which”
    Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
  14. כָּל־kol-“every”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from כֹּל · “all” · Strong's H3605
  15. שֹׁ֣מְעָ֔הּsho.me.'ah“[one who] hears of it”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from שָׁמַע · “hear” · Strong's H8085G
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  16. תִּצַּ֖לְנָהti.Tzal.nah“they will tingle”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural · from צָלַל · “to tingle” · Strong's H6750
  17. שְׁתֵּ֥יshe.Tei“[the] two”
    Noun, feminine, dual, construct · from שְׁנַ֫יִם · “two” · Strong's H8147
  18. אָזְנָֽיו׃'a.ze.Nav“ears his”
    Noun, feminine, dual, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אֹ֫זֶן · “ear” · Strong's H0241G
Places named in this verse
  • Places: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Coordinates from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) are left out. Source (version 7eb18a5)
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)