Zephaniah 3:6

Zephaniah 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
• New International Version (NIV)“I have destroyed nations; their strongholds are demolished. I have left their streets deserted, with no one passing through. Their cities are laid waste; they are deserted and empty.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"I have cut off nations; their battlements are in ruins; I have laid waste their streets so that no one walks in them; their cities have been made desolate, without a man, without an inhabitant.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I have cut off nations, Their fortresses are devastated; I have made their streets desolate, With none passing by. Their cities are destroyed; There is no one, no inhabitant.

Context of Zephaniah 3:6

4Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law. 5The Lord is righteous within her; He will do no injustice. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He does not fail. But the unjust knows no shame. “I have cut off nations; Their corner towers are in ruins. I have made their streets desolate, With no one passing by; Their cities are laid waste, Without a man, without an inhabitant. 7I said, ‘Surely you will revere Me, Accept instruction.’ So her dwelling will not be cut off According to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they were eager to corrupt all their deeds. 8“Therefore wait for Me,” declares the Lord, “For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal.

Zephaniah 3:6 word by word

הִכְרַ֣תִּי גוֹיִ֗ם נָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ פִּנּוֹתָ֔ם הֶחֱרַ֥בְתִּי חֽוּצוֹתָ֖ם מִבְּלִ֣י עוֹבֵ֑ר נִצְדּ֧וּ עָרֵיהֶ֛ם מִבְּלִי־אִ֖ישׁ מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃Read the interlinear

• I have cutכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• Their cornerפִּנָּהpinnâh · cornerH6438
• towersפִּנָּהpinnâh · cornerH6438
• are in ruinsשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• I have madeחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to destroyH2717
• their streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• desolateחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to destroyH2717
• With noבְּלִיbelîy · withoutH1097
• passingעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• are laidצָדָהtsâdâh · to wasteH6658
• Withoutמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• a manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• withoutאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• an inhabitantיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Zephaniah 3:6

• Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact evil statutes And to those who constantly record unjust decisions,
• Isaiah 15:1The oracle concerning Moab. Surely in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined; Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
• Isaiah 19:1The oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
• Isaiah 37:11Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared?
• Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them and make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
• Jeremiah 25:18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and its kings and its princes, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing and a curse, as it is this day;
• Nahum 2:1The one who scatters has come up against you. Man the fortress, watch the road; Strengthen your back, summon all your strength.
• 1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved.

Commentaries on Zephaniah 3:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I have cut off the nations - Syria, Israel, and those referred to, Isaiah 36:18, Isaiah 36:20. - Newcome.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6I have cut off the nations - God appeals to His judgments on pagan nations, not on any particular nation, as far as we know; but to past history, whether of those, of whose destruction Israel itself had been the instrument, or others. The judgments upon the nations before them were set forth to them, when they were about to enter on their inheritance, as a warning to themselves. “Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things, for in all these have the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8Zephaniah delivers a message of sorrow for Judah and Jerusalem. He advises them to wait patiently for God's fair judgment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. The Jews regard not God's justice manifested in the midst of them, nor His judgments on the guilty nations around. The just Lord--Why then are ye so unjust? is in the midst thereof--He retorts on them their own boast, "Is not the Lord among us" (Mi 3:11)? True He is, but it is for another end from what ye think [Calvin]; namely, to lead you by the example of His righteousness to be righteous. Le 19:2, "Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Zephaniah 3

• 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
• Darby Translation 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