Zephaniah 1:13

Zephaniah 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
• New International Version (NIV)Their wealth will be plundered, their houses demolished. Though they build houses, they will not live in them; though they plant vineyards, they will not drink the wine.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their goods shall be plundered, and their houses laid waste. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink wine from them."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore their goods shall become booty, And their houses a desolation; They shall build houses, but not inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards, but not drink their wine.”

Context of Zephaniah 1:13

11Shout out, you who live near Jerusalem's market! Weep! The Lord will remove the traders from your town. Some people have lots of money there. But all those people will be dead then.’ 12‘At that time, I will look in all Jerusalem's dark corners. I will take lights with me. I will find the drunks and I will punish them. These people say in their minds, “The Lord will do neither good things nor bad things to us.” So I will take away from them everything that they have. I will take away their houses too. They will build houses, but they will never live in them. They will plant plants to get grapes. But they will never have wine from them.’ 14The time for the great day of the Lord is coming very soon. It will happen quickly. Strong men will weep when they hear the noise of it. 15The Lord will be very angry at that time. It will be a time when there will be trouble. On that day, he will destroy everything bad. It will be very dark. At that time, there will be thick dark clouds.

Zephaniah 1:13 word by word

וְהָיָ֤ה חֵילָם֙ לִמְשִׁסָּ֔ה וּבָתֵּיהֶ֖ם לִשְׁמָמָ֑ה וּבָנ֤וּ בָתִּים֙ וְלֹ֣א יֵשֵׁ֔בוּ וְנָטְע֣וּ כְרָמִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א יִשְׁתּ֖וּ אֶת־יֵינָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore their goodsחַ֫יִלchayil · strength: richH2428
• shall become a bootyמְשִׁסָּהmeshissâh · plunderH4933
• and their housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• they shall also buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• but not inhabitיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• and they shall plantנָטַעnâţa‛ · to plantH5193
• vineyardsכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• but not drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• the wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196

Cross-references for Zephaniah 1:13

• Zephaniah 1:9‘I will also punish the people who rush into other people's houses. They do that because they want to rob those people. On that same day, I will also punish other robbers. Those people fill their masters' houses with the things that they take.’
• Isaiah 6:11Then I asked the Lord, ‘For how long will this be, Lord God?’ He replied, ‘It must continue until enemies destroy their cities. Their houses will become a heap of stones and nobody will live in them. Their land will become useless and nothing will remain there.
• Isaiah 24:1Understand this! The Lord is ready to destroy the earth. It will become a desert. He will spoil the ground. He will chase away all the people who live on it.
• Jeremiah 4:7Yes, a strong army is coming, like a lion that has left its cave. It has come out to destroy many nations. It will attack your whole land. Your cities will become heaps of stones, and nobody will live in them.
• Jeremiah 5:17They will eat all the crops in your fields and the food that you have stored. They will take your sons and your daughters for themselves. They will kill your sheep and your cows for food. They will eat all your grapes and your figs. They will attack your strong cities where you thought you would be safe. Their soldiers will knock down the walls.’
• Jeremiah 9:11The Lord replied, ‘I will make Jerusalem a heap of stones. Only wild animals will live there. I will destroy the towns of Judah so that nobody can live in them.’
• Jeremiah 12:10Many foreign leaders will come. They will destroy the land where my people live. It was a beautiful garden where I planted my people. But enemies will make it become like a desert.
• Ezekiel 7:19They will throw their silver away in the streets. They will think that their gold has no value, like dirt. Their silver and their gold will not be able to save them on the day of the Lord's great anger. When they are hungry, their money will not buy them any food. It is their riches that have caused them to do wicked things.
• Ezekiel 22:31So I will certainly destroy them. I will punish them with my great anger, like a fire that burns them completely. I will now punish them as they deserve for their sins. That is what the Almighty Lord says.’
• Micah 3:12Because of how you live, Zion will be like a field that a farmer has dug. Jerusalem will become a heap of stones. Trees will cover the hill where the temple is now.
• Deuteronomy 28:30A woman will promise to marry you. But another man will take her and have sex with her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a garden, but you will never eat the fruit that grows in it.
• Isaiah 5:8It will be very bad for you people who buy many houses for yourselves. You also buy land to join to the land that you already have. Then there is no more land left for anyone else. You are the only people who remain on the land.
• Isaiah 65:21My people will build houses and they will live in them. They will plant vineyards and they will eat the fruit from them.
• Amos 5:11You cheat poor people so that they pay too much tax. You take away their food for yourselves. Because of that, you will not live in the beautiful houses that you have built for yourselves. You will not drink wine from the vines that you have planted.
• Micah 6:15You will plant seeds, but you will not bring in the harvest. You will crush olives, but you will not use the olive oil for yourselves. You will crush grapes, but you will not drink the wine from them.

Commentaries on Zephaniah 1:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Their goods (in which they trust) shall become a booty - To the Chaldeans. They shall have no profit of all their labors. The houses they have built they shall not inhabit; of the wine of the vineyards they have planted, they shall not drink. See Amos 5:11, where we find the same evils threatened.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Therefore their goods - Literally, “And their strength.” It is the simple sequel in God‘s Providence. It is a continued narrative. God will visit those who say, that God does not interfere in man‘s affairs, and, it shall be seen Jeremiah 44:28 whose words shall stand, God‘s or their‘s. All which God had threatened in the law shall be fulfilled. God, in the fulfillment of the punishment, which He had foretold in the law Leviticus 26:32-33; Psalm 52:7. But…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 God's day is at hand; the punishment of presumptuous sinners is a sacrifice to the justice of God. The Jewish royal family shall be reckoned with for their pride and vanity; and those that leap on the threshold, invading their neighbours' rights, and seizing their possessions. The trading people and the rich merchants are called to account. Secure and careless people are reckoned with. They are secure and easy; they say in their heart, the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13God would send an invading force to loot Jerusalem. The destruction would happen so fast that those who gained wealth unfairly would not live to enjoy it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Therefore their goods shall become a booty, &c.--Fulfilling the prophecy in De 28:30, 39 (compare Am 5:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Zephaniah 1:13

• War
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Crashing
• Wasteness
• Goods
• Molech; Moloch
• Zephaniah, Book of
• devastate, devastation

Commentaries on Zephaniah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings