H0776G–אֶ֫רֶץ–e.rets

And have I now come up to send destruction on this place without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.

הָאָ֥רֶץ (אָ֥רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens, a land of oil-giving olives and of honey, so that life and not death may be your fate. Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The

אֶ֣רֶץ 'E.retz “a land”כְּאַרְצְכֶ֗ם (אַרְצְ) 'ar.tze. “own land”אֶרֶץ֩ 'e.Retz “a land of”אֶ֧רֶץ 'E.retz “a land of”אֶ֣רֶץ 'E.retz “a land of”

Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?

אַרְצ֑וֹ (אַרְצ֑) 'ar.Tz “land”

Who among all the gods of these countries have kept their country from falling into my hands, to give cause for the thought that the Lord will keep Jerusalem from falling into my hands?

הָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹת (אֲרָצ֔וֹת) 'a.ra.Tzot “lands”אַרְצָ֖ם (אַרְצָ֖) 'ar.Tza “land”

See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death by the sword.

לְאַרְצ֑וֹ (אַרְצ֑) 'ar.Tz “own land”בְּאַרְצֽוֹ׃ (אַרְצֽ) 'ar.Tz “own land”

No doubt the story has come to your ears of what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, putting them to the curse; and will you be kept safe?

הָאֲרָצ֖וֹת (אֲרָצ֖וֹת) 'a.ra.Tzot “lands”

And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

הָאָ֑רֶץ (אָ֑רֶץ) 'A.retz “earth”הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (אָֽרֶץ) 'A.retz “earth”

Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste the nations and their lands,

אַרְצָֽם׃ (אַרְצָֽ) 'ar.Tza “land”

But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hands, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you and only you, O Lord, are God.

הָאָ֔רֶץ (אָ֔רֶץ) 'A.retz “earth”

And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword; and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son became king in his place.

אֶ֣רֶץ 'E.retz “[the] land of”

Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, What did these men say and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.

מֵאֶ֧רֶץ (אֶ֧רֶץ) 'E.retz “a land”

But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king, and made Josiah his son king in his place.

הָאָ֔רֶץ (אָ֔רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”הָאָ֛רֶץ (אָ֛רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

And all those who had control of spirits, and the wonder-workers, and the images, and the false gods, and all the disgusting things which were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah put away, so that he might give effect to the words of the a

בְּאֶ֤רֶץ (אֶ֤רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”

And his servants took his body in a carriage from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and put him into the earth there. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and put the holy oil on him and made him king in place of his father.

הָאָ֗רֶץ (אָ֗רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

And Pharaoh-necoh put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not be king in Jerusalem; and took from the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (אֶ֣רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”הָאָ֔רֶץ (אָ֔רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, taxing the land by his orders to get the money; the people of the land had to give silver and gold, everyone as he was taxed, to make the payment to Pharaoh-necoh.

הָאָ֔רֶץ (אָ֔רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”הָאָ֔רֶץ (אָ֔רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all his country, from the stream of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

מֵֽאַרְצ֑וֹ (אַרְצ֑) 'ar.Tz “own land”

And he took away all the people of Jerusalem and all the chiefs and all the men of war, ten thousand prisoners; and all the expert workmen and the metal-workers; only the poorest sort of the people of the land were not taken away.

הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (אָֽרֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

He took Jehoiachin a prisoner to Babylon, with his mother and his wives and his unsexed servants and the great men of the land; he took them all as prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon.

הָאָ֔רֶץ (אָ֔רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

Now on the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.

הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (אָֽרֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.

הָאָ֔רֶץ (אָ֔רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

And from the town he took the unsexed servant who was over the men of war, and five of the king's near friends who were in the town, and the scribe of the captain of the army, who was responsible for getting the people of the land together in military or

הָאָ֑רֶץ (אָ֑רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”הָאָ֔רֶץ (אָ֔רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

And the king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken away prisoner from his land.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (אֶ֣רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”

As for the people who were still living in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take away, he made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler over them.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (אֶ֣רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”

Then Gedaliah gave his oath to them and their men, saying, Have no fear because of the servants of the Chaldaeans; go on living in the land under the rule of the king of Babylon, and all will be well.

בָאָ֗רֶץ (אָ֗רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”