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Zephaniah 2

1Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, Onationהַגּ֖וֹיha.GoyH1471thathathnoshame;

2beforethedecreeחֹ֔קChokH2706bringH935forthלֶ֣דֶתLe.detH3205,beforethedayי֑וֹםYomH3117passH5674asthechaffכְּמֹ֖ץke.MotzH4671,beforethefierceangerאַף־'af-H639ofJehovahcomeיָב֣וֹאya.Vo'H935uponyou,beforethedayי֖וֹםYomH3117ofJehovah’sangerאַף־'af-H639comeיָב֣וֹאya.Vo'H935uponyou.

3Seekבַּקְּשׁ֤וּba.ke.ShuH1245yeJehovah,allye meekoftheearthH776,thathavekepthisordinancesH4941;seekבַּקְּשׁוּ־ba.ke.shu-H1245righteousnessצֶ֙דֶק֙tze.dekH6664,seekבַּקְּשׁ֣וּba.ke.ShuH1245meekness:itmaybeyewillbehidH5641inthedayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117ofJehovah’sangerאַף־'af-H639.

4ForGazaעַזָּה֙'a.ZahH5804shallbeתִֽהְיֶ֔הtih.YehH1961forsaken,andAshkelonוְאַשְׁקְל֖וֹןve.'ash.ke.LonH831adesolationלִשְׁמָמָ֑הlish.ma.MahH8077;theyshalldriveיְגָ֣רְשׁ֔וּהָye.Ga.re.Shu.haH1644outAshdodאַשְׁדּ֗וֹד'ash.DodH795atnoonday,andEkronוְעֶקְר֖וֹןve.'ek.RonH6138shallbeH1961rootedup.

5Woeה֗וֹיHoH1945untotheinhabitantsיֹֽשְׁבֵ֛יyo.she.VeiH3427ofthesea-coast,thenationגּ֣וֹיGoyH1471oftheCherethites!Thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahisagainstyou,OCanaanכְּנַ֙עַן֙ke.Na.'anH3667,thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776ofthePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430;Iwilldestroyוְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֖יךְve.ha.'a.vad.TikhH6thee,thatthereshallbenoinhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃yo.ShevH3427.

6Andthesea-coast shallbeוְֽהָיְתָ֞הve.ha.ye.TahH1961pastures,withcottagesforshepherdsרֹעִ֖יםro.'ImH7462andfoldsוְגִדְר֥וֹתve.gid.RotH1448forflocksH6629.

7AndthecoastshallbeH1961fortheremnantלִשְׁאֵרִ֛יתlish.'e.RitH7611ofthehouseH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063;theyshallfeedH7462theirflocks thereupon;inthehousesH1004ofAshkelonאַשְׁקְל֗וֹן'ash.ke.LonH831shalltheylieיִרְבָּצ֔וּןyir.ba.TzunH7257downintheeveningבָּעֶ֙רֶב֙ba.'E.revH6153;forJehovahtheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430willvisitיִפְקְדֵ֛םyif.ke.DemH6485them,andbringH7725backוְשָׁ֥בve.ShavH7725theircaptivityשְׁבִיתָֽם׃she.vu.tamH7622.

8IhaveheardH8085thereproachחֶרְפַּ֣תcher.PatH2781ofMoabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124,andtherevilingsofthechildrenofAmmonעַמּ֑וֹןa.MonH5983, wherewiththeyhavereproachedmypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971,andmagnifiedH1431themselvesagainsttheirborderH1366.

9Thereforeלָכֵ֣ןla.KhenH3651asIlive, saithJehovahofhostsצְבָא֜וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478,SurelyMoabמוֹאָ֞בmo.'AvH4124shallbeתִּֽהְיֶה֙tih.YehH1961asSodomכִּסְדֹ֤םkis.DomH5467,andthechildrenofAmmonעַמּוֹן֙'a.mOnH5983asGomorrahכַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔הka.'a.mo.RahH6017,apossessionיִנְחָלֽוּם׃yin.cha.LumH5157ofnettlesחָר֛וּלcha.RulH2738,andsaltpits,andaperpetualdesolationH8077:theresidueofmypeopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971shallmakeapreyofthem,andtheremnantשְׁאֵרִ֤יתshe.'e.RitH7611ofmynationגּוֹיִ֖יgoyiH1471shallinheritH5157them.

10Thisshalltheyhavefortheirprideגְּאוֹנָ֑םge.'o.NamH1347,becausetheyhavereproachedandmagnifiedH1431themselvesagainstthepeopleעַ֖ם'amH5971ofJehovahofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635.

11Jehovahwillbeterrible untothem;forhewillfamishallthegodsאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430oftheearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776;andmenH376shallworshiphim,everyoneH376fromhisplaceמִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹmi.me.ko.MoH4725,evenalltheislesofthenationsהַגּוֹיִֽם׃ha.go.YimH1471.

12YeEthiopiansalsoגַּם־gam-H1571, yeshallbeslainחַֽלְלֵ֥יcha.LeiH2491bymyswordחַרְבִּ֖יchar.BiH2719.

13Andhewillstretchוְיֵ֤טve.YetH5186outhishandיָדוֹ֙ya.DoH3027againstthenorthצָפ֔וֹןtza.FonH6828,anddestroyוִֽיאַבֵּ֖דvi.'a.BedH6Assyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804,andwillmakeוְיָשֵׂ֤םve.ya.SemH7760Ninevehנִֽינְוֵה֙ni.ne.VehH5210adesolationH8077,anddryצִיָּ֖הtzi.YahH6723likethewildernessכַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ka.mid.BarH4057.

14Andherdsעֲדָרִים֙'a.da.RimH5739shalllieוְרָבְצ֨וּve.ra.ve.TzuH7257downinthemidstבְתוֹכָ֤הּve.to.KhahH8432ofher,allthebeastsofthenationsג֔וֹיGoyH1471:boththepelicanandtheporcupineshalllodgeinthecapitalsthereof;theirvoiceH6963shallsingיְשׁוֹרֵ֤רye.sho.RerH7891inthewindowsבַּֽחַלּוֹן֙ba.cha.lOnH2474; desolationshallbeinthethresholdsבַּסַּ֔ףba.SafH5592:forhehathlaidעֵרָֽה׃'e.RahH6168bareH6168thecedar-work.

15Thisisthejoyouscityהָעִ֤ירha.'IrH5892thatdweltH3427carelessly,thatsaidהָאֹֽמְרָה֙ha.'o.me.RahH559inherheartבִּלְבָבָ֔הּbil.va.VahH3824,Iam,andthereisnonebesidesme:howאֵ֣יךְ׀'eikhH349isshebecomeהָיְתָ֣הha.ye.TahH1961adesolationH8047,aplaceforbeaststoliedownin!everyonethatpassethbyhershallhissיִשְׁרֹ֖קyish.RokH8319,andwaghishandיָדֽוֹ׃ סya.DoH3027.

Commentaries on Zephaniah 2

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