What Does 2 Kings 21:12 Mean?

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now

“Therefore thus saith”

to say (used with great latitude)

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if

“Behold I am bringing”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“such evil”

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“upon Jerusalem”

jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine

“and Judah”

jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“that whosoever heareth”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“shall tingle”

to tinkle, i.e., rattle together (as the ears in reddening with shame, or the teeth in chattering with fear)

“of it both”

two; also (as ordinal) twofold

“his ears”

broadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)